New York City Adventure

On September 13 at 4:30 am Dennis and myself board a bus in a soccer field in the town of Port Dover. The bus had 50 passengers all heading for a weekend to New York, NY. The adventure started early but we were all on board and ready to go. We reached the USA boarder about 6:30am and were the first bus to arrive for the day, we were assigned bus number 1. After grabbing breakfast and going through the process of getting clearance we were on our way again. There were a few stops along the way for quick meals, power smoking and washroom relief.

We arrived to our hotel in New Jersey just across the river from Manhattan Island about 3:30pm and checked in. We were all instructed to be back down to the bus for our first adventure into the city at 5:30pm. Off we all went. The bus drove through Lincoln Tunnel which was 2 miles long under the Hudson River towards our first view of the city.

They took us to 42nd Street to the Empire State Building. This is where Macy's Department store is located. We all ventured around for a bit till it was our scheduled time to go up the tower.

Eight o'clock hit and we all met back at Empire State building and begin the climb up to see the full view of the city. The first observation deck is on the 80 something floor. The view from up there was amazing I was in awwwwwww with the size of the city and all its towers. After we all reloaded on the bus they drove us through Time Square at night. All the lights flashing and the crowds in this area is overwhelming.

We covered allot of area in a weekend, ohhh not to mention did allot of window shopping. I must tell you hidden in the back streets of New York is purse heaven. I must tell you the purse story. Our guide Lee took us to Canal Street where there is allot of shopping. This is where China Town and Little Italy are located as well. The bus stopped and we all started to get off. I got ahead of Dennis so when I stepped off I went to the side to wait for him. I no more then a minute a Chinese lady started flashing pictures at me of designer purses and she kept repeating purses you want purses. I nodded my head yes and commanded "Come come" while waving her hands in her directions. I told her I had to wait for more people at that moment Dennis, Nick and Sherry stepped off the bus and I wave to them. In about one second flat she was right over to Sherry showing her the same pictures and asking her if she wanted to come and get purses. Sherry looked over at me and we both nodded at the same time YES! The Chinese lady was speaking on a walkies talkie to someone telling them that she had four people and started to guide us where they were. I had this small shop visioned in my mind but to my surprise she was leading us down an alley and into the back door of a restaurant. Once we were into the building and the door was shut she lead us down two floors into the basement of the building. She checked that all doors were shut and no one else was following us. Once she knew all was clear she opened this secret door to a room of purses. We all stepped in and she quickly closed the door behind us. You wouldn't believe all the designer purses (knock offs) that were in the room. Sherry and myself were almost giddy and smiling ear to ear. Well after almost forty five minutes in this purse room I walked away with three of them, Sherry got two. The Chinese lady took us back out side and pointed to the direction we need to get back and we were off again.

Next posting I will tell more about this adventure. Just in case I don't get back soon we are off for our next adventure October 21 to Las Vegas, Nevada