Great sights, good weather, yummy food= yep that was our weekend! Michelle and I stayed about 15 miles outside of New York City for the last 4 nights. On Saturday we took a tour of NYC. It was fabulous! We were able to see several places including the Statue of Liberty (well at least from the side!), Ground Zero, Radio City, Times Square, Central Park, Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, Wall St., and so many more! We were able to see a lot of different places with a tour guide who was extremely knowledgeable about the city. As we drove though the city we saw a lot of buildings that were used movies such as the library from Day after Tomorrow, or the building the dragon climbed on top of in the movie Enchanted. It was great having the chance to see sooo many places that people talk about frequently!
The tour itself had a lot of people from all over as well including Montreal, London, Germany, and several states across the US even though the group was only about 20 of us. Even while just passing people on the street we saw so many people from different countries and places. Since the 9/11 attacks, NYC is the most visited city in the US! While in Central Park there was a small band recording in an area overlooking the lake. They were from France, had a wonderful accents and were extremely talented!
Other than knowing the city like the back of his hand, our tour guide also starred on several TV shows including CSI. At the end of the tour he showed us clips of his "good ol' days!" The tour definitely left us thirsting for more, to spend hours at just a few of the places, but this was the first time I had ever been to NYC so it was great to see so many sights.
Then on Sunday Michelle and I contemplated whether or not we wanted to take a bus back into the city and do a little more centralized sight seeing or if we just wanted to do something else. We had ended up make the decision to go to Hoboken, NJ (basically half a mile from NY) to find some New York style pizza, which was huge and amazing, and visit Carlo's Bakery which is the bakery of Buddy the Cake Boss (a phenomenal cake show on TLC).
When we first got to the bakery, Buddy was outside the store in the middle of doing a film shoot. It was so cool getting to see all the work, people, and equipment needed to create such a small part of one episode. We were right in front of the group while he was performing. After watching for a little while, we went to get in line to actually enter the bakery. The line was around a block to a block and a half long. Partially due to the film shoot, but also due to the amount of people we ended up standing in line for about 40 minutes. Luckily it wasn't extremely cold and it gave Michelle and I some good time to talk! We finally made into the bakery, which was tiny and crowded, but so awesome! Their cakes and desserts really are a work of art! Michelle and I each got two cupcakes- a chocolate one with peanut butter creme frosting and a red velvet one. They were fabulous. It was just cool to go to a place that we had seen on TV, and to see a part of the process of their show. We had a great weekend of seeing places in the area. What a blessing it has been to get to explore!
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