Day Two: New York

Today we arrived at our hotel. It was about a six hour trip from where we stayed last night. It's definately a culture shock here. We had to bus into the city (over the bridge) and then take a subway to get the rest of the way in. When we got onto the subway we got into some trouble with one of the african american passengers. He wasn't too happy that my father in-law looked at him. He started cussing him out and telling him that he was just like all the other rich white people and not to mention "spicks." I was shocked. Of course my father in-law didn't say anything back. When we got off the subway we talked about how he should make sure not to look at anyone but us. It was quite the experience. Then we proceeded to walk down broadway street and begin some site-seeing. There were tons of people EVERYWHERE!! Scott didn't enjoy it so much because he doesn't like crowded areas. We did make it around to the cheap tickets booth eventually and looked up some shows that we would potentially like to see tomorrow. There are lots of great ones playing right now that I'm dying to see, however, it only looks like we are going to have time to see one. I'm so excited. It's what I've been dreaming about since I was little. I can't believe it's finally going to come true! After walking around for a few hours we stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe to eat. It was really cool. Three levels worth of rock and roll hall of fame. They took our picture in front of some guitar pieces and of course wanted us to spend 14.00 to purchase one. We didn't. The food was good and surpisingly so was our waitress :) There was some awesome memorabilia surrounding us. The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, and Elton John to name a few. There outfits were so cool...and small ;0 I think the thing I was surprised by the most was that everyone fits in here. It doens't matter what you're wearing. EVERYONE has their own sense of style. I thought for sure we'd really stick out. But, the New York fashion kind of blends in with the overwhelming tourist population. Looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings. It should be interesting.