Well to start out a great day our clock/radio went off at
12:30am. We couldn’t figure out
how to turn it off so we just unplugged it. The real wake up call was at 7am. Which meant I slept in ten more minutes. Somehow I got ready way fast so I just
kind of chilled on the bed. We met
in the lobby at 8:15 and walked to the subway. Desi and I figured it out pretty quick since we had used the
tube so much in London. I had no
idea where we were going for church but then I saw a big white building with an
angel Moroni on top! We had church
in the Manhattan Temple!! So
cool!
It was a way pretty morning rainy morning, but I loved it
because it smelled fresh and everything seemed cleaner than yesterday. Desi and I decided there was no better
place to fill up our water than the temple drinking fountains, that water has
to be clean.
There was this cute little boy on the row in front of us and
he was showing me his key and quarter.
Then is mom asked if he wanted to see his friends and as they were
walking away he called back to me, “I’ll be right back!” It was way funny and cute. Sacrament meeting was really good. Two of the speakers talked about the
scriptures and the word of God and a family sang the As Sisters in Zion/Army of
Helaman medley. They we were
really good. Austin Boaz was the
concluding speaker. The whole time
I thought he looked familiar and then he got up and talked about himself and
then I knew! I talked to him after;
of course he didn’t remember me because I was a little tike when he was friends
with Ryan. But I just said I was
from Murrieta and Ryan was my brother.
I gave him the scoop on what’s going on with Ryan and then headed off
for Sunday school and Relief Society.
After church we met with our tour guide and took the
Subway/walked to the ferry. On the
ferry we went past the Statue of Liberty, which is on Liberty Island, and
headed for Ellis Island. We went
into the museum at Ellis Island; before we looked around we went to the
cafeteria to eat lunch. I tried to
order a turkey burger (I don’t really know why I didn’t just go for a normal
one, maybe I was trying to be healthy), but instead of getting a turkey burger
I ended up with a veggie burger. I
didn’t realize until after I bite into it. Pretty disgusting! They gave me vegetables to put on the veggie burger (I don’t
know why you would need more veggies on veggies, but oh well) I had to finish
my burger by eating French fries with every bite. I was telling the girls I was sitting with that I had never
had a veggie burger before and would never order one because I don’t even like
vegetables that much. But I had to
eat it or I would get hungry later.
After lunch we looked around the museum. It was pretty cool.
I tried to find the book of names to find my ancestors but
couldn’t. Thank goodness for the
gift shop though because they had a book of names and I found mine! I also did this interactive game there
were you choose a character and immigrate. I was a little 6-year-old named Alice (yes the game was for
kids) and I was coming from the UK.
I had to label stuff and everything and sadly I got deported. I didn’t pass the mental test because I
couldn’t rotate and place different size rectangles in a square in 30
seconds. I could see how to do it,
it just took me a little to figure out how to rotate them. Dr. Baugh said that I need not worry
since I go to BYU I definitely would have passed the test. Then Dr. Burnham was like well….
hahahaha I love Dr. Baugh and Dr. Burnham; they are so funny, especially
together. We got back on the ferry
and then went to the 9/11 memorials.
It was 2 huge pools of water/fountains that were the size of the towers
and deep too. They had all the
names of the people who died on the walls. It was way pretty and calm. Since it was way rainy we decided to be done sightseeing for
the day, which was okay with me. I
was dressed pretty warm and wearing boots, but I didn’t bring an umbrella so
sometimes I shared with Desi. So I
was pretty wet, but the rain made my hair curlier than it has ever been! After the subway ride home we went up
to our room to chill a little/dry off before dinner. I just laid on the bed trying to decide if I should
change. I didn’t really bring any
clothes besides business clothes and 1 pair of jeans (which may be getting a
lot more wear than I thought).
Also I forgot to pack socks besides long socks and tights. Ooops. That is why it is important to not pack the night
before. I guess I have a little
shopping to do tomorrow.
Well we changed and headed
out into the rain again for John’s Pizzeria. Our tour guide told us it was the best in New York. It was like a way nice restaurant
selling pizza, which I like!
Hahaha The pizza really was way good! I was skeptical at first but you can taste a difference in a
well-made fresh pizza vs. others.
I liked it a lot. The guy
tried to convince us to eat dessert and not go out in the rain but we
didn’t. Now we are back at the
hotel getting ready for bed and chilling.
Going to bed early tonight since we have a busy day tomorrow, well
everyday is busy.
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