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October 21, 2008 (Tuesday)

Early morning, we woke up in anticipation of our bus ride to the City that Never Sleeps, yup you got it…We’re going to good ol’ NY…

It took us 3 hours to arrive at the bustling city, but was made ever shorter by the cheerful banter of our bus driver who kept saying “Are we there yet” in every stop we made. It’s all gooood though coz’ we had a date to watch LION KING the musical, Minscoff Theater at 7pm.

Arriving 3 hours earlier from our check-in time (12pm), we had ours spare and frankly can’t wait to soaked up the sights and sounds of the City. We were greeted by a cacophony of endless music, blinding lights, and waves and waves of people from all races, ages, and walks of life.

We couldn’t wait to mix and mingle on our first day so that’s why we took the Grayline City Bus Tour which provided 3 separate tours around the city…Uptown, Downtown, and Brooklyn in a nice package of hop on and hop off.

We first took the Uptown route and boy did we had a grand tootin’ time…

We then watched Lion King, the theater was easy to find since its just a few blocks from where we are staying.  We even had a chance to see Vanessa Hudgeon and Zac Efron from High School Musical who where promoting their latest movie.  No wonder a sea of paparazzi where milling about near the theater.  The play was not bad, though after seeing Phantom I still think Phantom is better. (Sorry Lion King fans) Watchig the play is like watching the cartoon itself.  The coloful costumes made it stand out and made the play alive.  After the play, we walked around the area and found ourselves in Rockerfeller Center.

“Our hotel room in New York”

“Broadway”

“Minscoff Theater presents Lion King”

“Statue of Liberty Lego in Toys R Us.”

“A Lego skyscraper ain’t complete without King Kong.”

”Look who I found in New York!”

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It had been weeks since I last updated my blog, so this post can be a long one.  O_o

October 14, 2008 (Tuesday)

We flew via US Airways to Philadelphia.  My Aunt and Uncle picked us up from the airport and took almost an hour and a half before we reached Reading, PA.  This is where my Aunt resides along with Uncle, my cousin Chris and his wife Yeng.  It was a joyous reunion as they had not been able to make it on our wedding back home,  they had planned to go but had to cancel last minute because of their work. By the way, they are vegetarian and they cooked up a scrumptious meal without any meat at all! Yum! Our room was ready too, they nicknamed it the honeymooner’s suite complete with amenities!  It was the cutest thing that I saw.  I loved how they made us feel so welcomed. ^^

“The first thing we saw once we got in the house.”

“Yummy ice cream cake.”

“Our attic honeymoon suite.”

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ROUND 2

Sanrio Travel the World event:                                            http://blog.hellokitty.com/traveltheworld

For the first time in ten years, I left a two-state-wide area. For the first time in seventeen years, I rode an airplane. It may not have involved me “traveling the world,” but for a person who apparently doesn’t get out much, 800+ miles may as well have been a global expedition!

This entry is about my trip to New York City from Wisconsin this past September.  My boyfriend and I went to visit some of his family and also to meet two of my pen pals (yes, old fashioned snail mail letter pen pals!) for the first time in the nine years I’ve written to them!

One of the first things my boyfriend and I did in New York was tour Times Square:

I loved the excitement and crowds there, even if it was a bit noisy!

Here’s a picture of the M&M Store there at night:

That night, my boyfriend and I saw Spamalot on Broadway:

It was incredibly funny! Monthy Python and the Holy Grail is my favorite Monty Python movie!

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