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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Return of the Hillbillies

Well, my grandparents and parents flew back home this afternoon. I took them out to JFK and waved goodbye as they went through security at about 2:30 pm. We've been busy up here! After church on Sunday, we ate lunch at the Peanut Butter Company where we had an Elvis.



Then we saw the campus of my university, New York University, where Will Smith is currently filming the movie "I am Legend."



Following that, we went out to look at Shea Stadium (where the Mets play) and Arthur Ashe Stadium (where the US Open is held). For dinner, we ate at a Pete's Italian restaurant underneath the Brooklyn Bridge with a nice view of the Manhattan skyline. On Monday (yesterday), we saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in the morning.



Then we took a bus from lower Manhattan past the World Trade Center site, Chinatown, Little Italy, Union Square and midtown. Along the way, Grandma made a friend on the bus. After taking lots of photos from the top of the Empire State Building...



...we swung by Macy's and then headed back to Brooklyn. We ate supper at a nice restaurant near my apartment which brought each of us a ton of food - unlimited bread and appetizer, soup, salad, main course (meats and vegetables), and desert.



None of us made it through the main course -- some not even through the salad. This morning we took the Staten Island Ferry from the tip of lower Manhattan past the Statue of Liberty over to St. George on Staten Island. We then took some buses to reach Coney Island,



a beautiful sandy beach in southern Brooklyn which is about 3 miles from my apartment. While there, we stopped by Nathan's, famous for its hot dog eating contest each July 4. We did see a lot in four days! Just hope we didn't tire my grandparents out too much!


It does look like they were enjoying themselves on this subway, but I do realize climbing all those stairs are hard on the old folks! Aren't they cute? OK, now I have to study for my Game Theory midterm....

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Sam, for a wonderful time in New York. We appreciate so much your taking the time to show us all the famous places in town. Hope your exams go well and you get some rest. Also hope they fix your pipes soon!
Love,
Mom