I'm an Uptown girl...

Today I was on my own to explore the city. Jacob had to work so I made my own gameplan to try to check off the things on my list. It was a whole ton of walking and a couple Subway trips...but nothing major to report.

I started in Battery Park and attempted to get a ferry to the Statue of Liberty but the lines were literally around the block, I wasn't THAT interested. So I then walked to Ground Zero. I'm not sure if I missed anything there, I kind of expected some type of memorial somewhere, but I never saw it. It is a huge construction zone, but there are some posters with pictures of the future plans, and they look really nice. It will be one tower and then there is a park type thing outside of it with two big water displays I believe to represent each tower.

After Ground Zero, I walked over to China Town. That was very overwhelming...there were so many people, smells, lights, signs, and markets everywhere! Then I found a few New York street shops to go into and practice my bargaining skills. I got a ring down from 18 to 13 and then a purse was 28 and I asked if I bought two of them if I could get them for 40. He said oooohh noooo, 45. So I agreed and went to get my money out and I literally only had 40! None in the pockets or anything. I felt like he thought I was tryingi to cheat him or something, so I said I'm really sorry, I don't have it...but he let me have them for 40. I saved 16 on those...you should be so proud Taylor...look at all that money I saved you ;). Ha.

After China Town I took the Subway up to Times Square. I was just amazed at all the lights. And really I was curious how much it must cost to run all those signs and to even have an advertisement banner in Times Square as I looked at Puff Diddy Daddy Combs 30ft high add of himself claiming "I AM KING" I think it was for his cologne line, but I can't really remember right now. There was also a 3 story corner store called M&M World, escalators and all! But what could you honestly need from M&M world besides a bag of chocolates? So I decided to see what could be in there...and it...was...JUNK! Every little M&M toy, container, shirt, mug, etc, enough to cover 3 stories in Times Square. I'm not sure how they pay rent with a store like that. The only thing I saw worthwhile was a whole wall full of tubes of every color of MM imaginable. You could get bags and create your own for 11.95 a pound!!!!! Maybe that's where their rent comes from!?

After Times Square I headed up to Central Park and just hung out for a bit. I didn't walk through a quarter of it before I had to head back to Jacob's apt. So I jumped on the Subway home, packed up my stuff and then got back on the Subway to Manhattan again to get to the bus stop! I am now currently on a Bolt Bus on my way to Philly to visit Meg! (Megan is my cousin who is in school at Penn)

I just attempted to upload pictures, but I don't think the internet connection is good enough on the bus for them to go through. It has been taking forever. I'll do that later!