NYC

By Eliot Larsen

We all went to NYC after we had been at our aunt’s for a couple days. We woke up on the 21st of September at 6:00 AM and headed to the Amtrak train station. After we got there we found a spot on the train and Quincy and I tried to fall back to sleep. When the train stopped everyone got off and we went from Pennsylvania Station all the way down to where we could faintly see the Statue of Liberty. After that it was about time to go to the 9/11 memorial and museum. We paid to go into the museum but you can go to where the actual twin towers were and there is an infinity pool flowing into the ground. Inside it is very sad and deep in detail about how it happened and when it happened. Also it shows some vehicles that were damaged from that day inside the museum. After the memorial we went to a nice little park/outdoor seating right outside the museum and memorial. After the subway ride back to our hotel everyone was done for the day.

The second day was the day that we did a later start and went into the Hell’s Kitchen area, Rockefeller Plaza and Times Square. We first went to Rockefeller Plaza and went to the Lego store there. After, we went to the Nintendo world store (which was Quincy’s favorite place we went to). After all of that it was time for lunch. We went to a Bareburger in the Hell’s Kitchen area. I had a burger and Quincy had some Gluten Free chicken tenders (Chickey Tendeys as Quincy would call them). Our parents both got different salads. French fries were a need as well when we were there. Once we ate lunch we then headed to Times Square and went to the Hershey’s and M&M stores. 

The third and final (full day). We took the subway that was right outside of our hotel room to the end of the line where we then took the Staten Island ferry to Staten Island. We hung out there for about an hour and I got a pretzel for me and a frozen lemonade for Quincy. We got back on the ferry and saw the Statue of Liberty a lot better than from Manhattan. We started back up towards our hotel while sightseeing and heading to Kesty’s. It is known for having Gluten Free anything on the menu. When we called we then found out that we had passed their new location. At this point everyone was hungry and just wanted to get back to the hotel. We headed back to our room and our dad looked for a pizza place near by. He found one decently close and ran to go pick it up