Sunday May 17th

We kept thinking it was a Monday!

We woke up early and braved the subway to go pick up our tickets at Planet Hollywood. We bought tickets online called the "New York Pass". It was $140, but is entry ticket passes to things all over NYC (including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the MoMA, Bodies, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, etc).

The subway was slightly confusing, moreso at larger terminals with multiple subway stations in one area. The jerking of the subway leaving the station was an experience, and everyone knew we were out-of-towners. We are now experienced subway passengers, I'm sure we look like New Yorkers (taking pictures of everything, haha).

Sunday was packed. We went to the "bodies" exhibit. This was really cool for the "PT school nerds"... we were able to look at muscles, nerves, arteries and internal organs dissected and displayed in various positions. It was very neat. We spent a long time reviewing muscle innervations, heart valves, positioning, etc. We looked very smart. :)

We had lunch at an upscale looking fish place, that surprisingly didn't sell a lot of seafood. I "ventured out" and ordered a chicken alfredo... it was really good!
We then walked around the piers nearby, and I was nearly attacked by a one-legged pidgeon, Nikki has a picture of the possessive bird. My scream scared the lady sitting on a parkbench nearby. We also saw a contortionist man put himself in a box, to techno music. Very strange.

The piers were near the brooklyn bridge, so of course we had a photo op. We then ventured towards ground zero, but unfortunatly everything was closed off for construction. We did randomly happen upon St. Paul's Cathedral which had gravestones from the 1700's. When looking around, they had pictures posted from where rubble fell in the graveyard. The church is right across the street from where the towers stood, and amazingly suffered no damage. The church provided host and refuge for those volunteers and fire fighters seeking shelter, healthcare, and food/beverage. The church is now a memorial, and I'm guessing will be returned to church function once the memorial and museum is built.

We then went shopping at Century 21 department store. It is like a TJ Maxx times a million. There were people in there stealing things if you simply glanced at them, and it was at least four stories high. We only stayed in there for a little while, and Nikki ended up buying things (Kristen and I were overwhelmed) :)

We then returned to the loft and hung out for a bit, and went to a texas restaurant called "Rodeo" and a few irish pubs. The loft is in Midtown, and is very close to multiple restaurants, bars, and shopping on third avenue.