Juergenses

our first day in the city was quite lovely. we got out late, due to some unforeseen circumstances at home [not going to go into it, but an issue arose with the people who were watching the animals for the weekend and our landlords/upstairs neighbors], and we got to the city even later due to some more driving mishaps in good 'ole new jersey. blah. but we got to the station and headed into new york city on a nice train [i missed trains], and christin got her first view of nyc. she said she wished that the taxis were red and green so it would be just like hong kong. ;-D

we spent a lot of time walking today, going from penn station all the way up to central park, then walking all around chinatown at night. we hung out in the theatre district for quite a while, seeing if we could feasibly go see a broadway show while we're in town. no dice. even with the discounted tickets from the tkts place, it would've been spending an awful lot of money to get partial view seats. maybe next time, when we've got some more spending money. after that, we headed to central park and hung out, went to the plaza hotel and f.a.o. schwarz before heading to chinatown for dinner at ajisen ramen.

oh! while we were in chinatown, we found a little dispensary that sold the loquat syrup we really love for when we're sick. it was only $5.50 for a big bottle, so i picked one up. we headed back to jersey on the train and drove home [another disastrous adventure that was comically bad, to the point of laughing most of the way back]. now it's time for bed!