New England Trip- Day 3 NYC

Day 3- Saturday, Aug 21

We got up & headed to the train station where we took an Amtrak train from Boston to New York City! I was quite impressed with the train- a very nice & pleasant trip. It took us about 4 hours- so we ate breakfast, Leah & I watched a movie, we all played cards, etc. We ended up sitting in the quiet car & got 4 seats facing one another.

On our way to the train station


Excited about NYC!


Jared & Leah


Me & Shane


Watching our movie


The guys eating cinnamon rolls (mid morning snack)


Once we arrived at Penn Station, we took a cab to our hotel & dropped off our luggage. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Times Square. Since our rooms weren't ready for check-in, we went to grab a quick bite to eat. We ended up eating burgers at Juniors- it was pretty good!

Times Square




Jared's first time in New York City


Shane & I


Lunch at Juniors


Us girls


The guys


Being silly


HUGE onion rings that looked more like donuts (they weren't that great though, to be honest.)


After lunch the plan was to go stand in line for broadway tickets at the TKTS booth, but the line was absolutely insane. So we made the decision to skip the broadway show entirely & explore the city. We checked into the hotel & then headed to Central Park for a carriage ride. We spent time afterwards walking around the park & then ran into FAO Schwartz!

Our room at the Crowne Plaza


We had a corner room on the 39th floor with great views- of Manhattan


And the Hudson River


Ready for our carriage ride


Jared & Leah- side note, a bird pooped on Jared during the carriage ride. Fun times!


Me & Shane


View of the city from Central Park


More pics in Central Park




Love this bridge


Us


Them


How cute is this?


Beautiful duck


Taking a break during our stroll


Going to FAO Schwartz for "the boys"... although we bought nothing for them!




Amazing church on our way back to the hotel


We stayed across the street from the M&M store- Austin would have loved it!


Outside the hotel


For dinner that night we went to a family style Italian place called Tony's Di Napoli! It was great- I'd definitely go there again! And very reasonably priced for NYC.

Tony's Di Napoli