Time to Say Goodbye... Already...

     I can't believe that this is my last post for this blog. This was my last full day in New York, and one that I found to be a bit more slow than the other days (in a good way).
     The first thing on our to-do list was to get food. With the advice and recommendation of Justin (thanks Justin!) we went to Smorgasburg, a weekly vendor fair that has some delicious food. Apparently, the location of the fair changes for different seasons, so if you plan on checking it out, make sure to google "Smorgasburg" and find out the location. For the next couple of months, the fair is in Williamsburg, which is across the East River. We took the subway to the "hipster" part of New York.

Welcome to Smorgasburg!

We had Colombian food for breakfast/lunch

And also got mango lemonade

Don't they look so good??

The view of Manhattan from Williamsburg

There was also Blue Bottle Coffee. Apparently this is only available in a handful of cities in the country. So we had to try it ^^

The ice cream is bomb too! (Ice cream sandwiches and fruit popsicles)

In the subway, there were live performers. You gotta love the banjo and the fiddle.

     After Williamsburg, we headed back to Manhattan towards West Side to get on a ferry and circle Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. We took the cirle line cruise. There are multiple options: 1 hour, 1.5 hours, 2 hours, 2.5 hours, and 3 hours. We chose to do the 1 hour one. I have to say, even though it was short, we still saw a lot of the major sights (as well as the Statue of Liberty). The ocean breeze from the rivers and the Atlantic Ocean weree nice, since today was such a hot day.

Welcome to Circle Line Cruise

Our ferry

The tall building is the World Trade Center Memorial

The Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

Hello Jersey!

     Afterwards, we visited Time Warner Building. It was a very fancy shopping area with easily recognizable landmarks.

I've seen that globe before....

Trump Hotel

New York has a way of defining hipsters.

     We walked through Central Park. Even though we had done this before, because it is so large and because there are so many pathways through the park, there are still many things to see. (We wanted to see if we could find the locations of the scenes from Home Alone 2, but we weren't too successful.

We are back at the park!

The view across the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir

Say "cheese"!

     We walked through Central Park to get to the Guggenheim Museum. The building is in the upper East Side, so we got to see the "rich" neighborhood. The building of the museum is very "artsy." You wouldn't miss it. However, the time we could go in was later than we had anticipated, so we couldn't/didn't go in. We at least had the chance to go through the gift shop, which gave us clues as to what pieces were on exhibit at the museum.

     Carmen decided to go out on her own and check out Lincoln Center, so the rest of us decided to do a "fancy" dinner. We went to Scarlatto, an Italian restaurant in Time Square. It was actually a very nice place for us to sit, eat some meat and veggies, and watch the tennis match. (So sad Roger Federer lost.) There is athree-course meal for $29.95 which made it even better. Although, if you get a drink (not alcohol, but soda) refills are not free. Just a warning...

Fancy table setting

First course: Salad

(This was pretty filling)

Second course: chicken and greens

There are large pieces of chicken under all them greens

Third course: dessert!

Cream and strawberries

Coffee and chocolate

     After dinner, Ivana went off to enjoy her last musical of the trip. Angie, Ellen, and I were able to get some rest. (It was something I really needed. I realized that during this trip, because I was so into getting so many things done and visiting so many different places, I was exhausted to the point of getting very dizzy and mentally unaware.) So the rest proved to be very effective. Just being able to rest my body for about an hour did wonders.

     Having gotten some rest, Angie, Ellen, and I headed out to Time Square, to be tourists for the last time. We purchased souvenirs for ourselves and for family and friends. We also experienced rain in the city. There were thunderstorms and on-and-off rain. With the rain, I'm glad we didn't go anywhere too far. We were able to come back to the hotel fairly dry.

See all the tourists at Time Square. 

You can also see a poster of Roger Federer ^^

We are having fun at the Disney Store in NYC!

     Again, I can't believe that this is the last full day. It was a trip I will always remember: one that was so short that the stay felt surreal throughout, but also one that was jam-packed with things to do and see.