Our Vacation to NYC (from April 30th - May 4th), a journal!

Hi everyone!

We visited NYC from April 30th - May 4th and I kept a journal each day while we were there. I%26#39;ve started to post the journal on my travel blog and it would be awesome if you wanted to read about our trip! There are lots of photos as well that I took along our journey :)

We drove down to NYC from Ontario, Canada - day 1 of our trip is all about the road trip, with a stop in Scranton, PA along the way - we%26#39;re both huge fans of the show, The Office, and wanted to visit it%26#39;s ';home';!

On our trip in NYC, we visited the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens for the Cherry Blossom Festival, American Museum of Natural History, American Folk Art Museum, Central Park, and tons of restaurants (mostly vegetarian ones!), many shops and areas of NYC, plus more!

Here is the blog address:

http://poolieandloolie.blogspot.com

If it makes it easier for people, I can post the written parts of the blog on here for you to read - I don%26#39;t mind doing that! I just like how on the blog, I%26#39;ve matched the text up with photos from the trip, too :)

I%26#39;ve also posted all of my trip photos here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/laurenbeth

I%26#39;d love to hear your comments - feel free to comment on the blog or on the Picasa web album, as I don%26#39;t tend to check this forum quite as frequently.

BTW - we had a FANTASTIC time in NYC! :)

Our Vacation to NYC (from April 30th - May 4th), a journal!

Also - I%26#39;ve only posted the first day from the journal so far on the blog, with more to come very shortly - it takes a while to type up everything :)

The photos are all there on the Picasa though! :)

Our Vacation to NYC (from April 30th - May 4th), a journal!

Can%26#39;t wait to read the rest about your trip. The Cherry Blossoms looks gorgeous!

Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed the layout of your Trip Report! At first I couldn%26#39;t understand how the entries went from Bergen to a cruise ship! Yeah, a bit slow. The ship looks great. So many pools! Never been on a cruise yet so found those entries fascinating. Looking forward to the rest of the NYdays.

Oh dear. It seems to end on a cliffhanger - you%26#39;re stranded in North Bergen, NJ! I hope you made it to NYC eventually.

haha...a bit of a cliffhanger, yes :) I have four more days of things to post! It is just a matter of finding the time to post it...as you can see, we got back on the 4th, and I just started posting about it now :) I hope to post the next journal entry sometime this afternoon or this evening!

Captain%26#39;s Blog Stardate 1313.5 .... the Enterpirse has left the Achilles Gallaxy and is now proceeding at warp drive to the Dunder Mifflin constellation in the binary star system of Scraton. Starfleet has ordered the Enterprise to investigate the peculiar behavior of the power-hungry sycophant Dwight Schrute who is attempting a mutinous rebellion (with the help of his female consort Angela) to overthrow the current maniacal leader Michael Scott. I have ordered a landing party to beam down and conduct field investigation to confirm the suspicion that the rebelion is being sponsored by Klingon saboteurs.

Captain%26#39;s Blog Supplemental ..... Spock has just informed me that his mother will be arriving from the planet Vulcan this weekend and plans to stay with us while Doctor McCoy removes a bunion from her big toe.

';Oh no ..... not your mother!!!';

';Now Jim, don%26#39;t do this. You know my mom is always welcome to stay with us.';

I have checked the Starship manual and it appears that Spock is within his rights but I have also sent an envoy to Starfleet command protesting the appearance of the %26#39;nagging hypercritical nit picker%26#39; Spock calls mom. I now suspect a mutiny and have put the entire vessel on %26#39;high alert%26#39; till the %26#39;intruder%26#39; returns to her home planet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjcHsnbZQ7A

I would think NYC would be a disappointment after seeing Scranton and Wilkes Barre!!

Captain’s Blog Stardate 1346.8 ..... unable to locate the Scranton system on our Starfleet’s ‘AAA Galactic Guide to the Galaxy’, the Starship Enterprise was forced to pull over at a rest stop on I 95 to ask for directions in a fill up station and to use the rest room facilities. Apparently we missed an exit ramp near the Adromeda solar system and were subsequently forced to abort the entire mission. I have sent an urgent request to Starfleet to install a GPS system in the Starship Enterprise at the next retooling station.

Captain’s Blog Supplemental ..... Lieutenant Spock has just blatantly ignored one of my standing orders and has now been confined to his quarters in anticipation on Starfleet disciplinary action. A disagreement arose over ship personnel that escalated into a possible conflict of galatic dimensions.

“Jim ..... who’s Gary?”

“Gary is just some guy I used to know from the Starfleet Academy.”

“Ah ..... then why is Gary’s number on your private tri-corder Captain?”

“Well I had to call him last week .... ah ..... to discuss ..... ah ..... recent developments in Klingon military tactics.”

“Oh yeah ..... then tell me Jim. How come I also just found Gary’s phaser stashed behind the molecular transporter ‘thingy’ ..... and it was still set to ‘stun’?”

“Okay .... so I’m busted. Me and Commander Gary met last week to discuss military tactics .... and then one thing lead to another and we had a couple of beers ..... but that’s it. I swear!”

“Just some guy huh ..... Klingon military tactics right ..... well I don’t know WHAT to believe anymore Jim”

“But Spock he’s just some guy.”

“Jim you monster ..... I hate you ..... I hate you ..... I hate you!!!!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyhhFzE5O5U

I now suspect a possible mutinous uprising in the making on the USS Enterprise and have relieved Spock of his duties. I have also placed ‘Sulu’ as %26#39;Second in Command%26#39; until Spock comes back to his senses and apologizes.

If you wanted to visit %26#39;The Office%26#39; home, then you would need to go to Slough Uk ;-)

I would advise you NEVER do that.

Okay, Day 2 is now posted with pics! :) No more worries about being stranded in Scranton or New Jersey... we%26#39;re actually in NYC now :D Our ';Day 2'; of the trip involved lots of shopping %26amp; visiting Soho/Greenwich.

Hope you enjoy reading it! I%26#39;ll be posting the rest of the days shortly!

http://poolieandloolie.blogspot.com

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