A more in depth look at my visit to New York


Day 1- Wednesday

Depart early in the morning from school, attempt to go back to sleep whilst on bus but fail miserably. Play a game of euchre with Jamie, Danny, and Caleb then later attempt to play a second game but fail because we all seem to be in the Twilight Zone. Color with Felicia. Stop for lunch in a turnpike and lay in the grass with Devon after eating until we are forced back onto the bus and out of the glorious weather. Meet and memorize Liz Bergsma's, sister to Bergie Berg, name. Teach Caleb some ukulele chords. Make up a uke song about happy trails and tummy rubbing. Have a glorious session of playing the uke and making up songs about the people who were sitting around me and then more uke playing and laying in the sun at a rest stop. Dinner at a place. Arrive at hotel to find a "fresh remote" awaiting us.


Day 2- Thursday (I mean, I hope you guys realize Thursday comes after Wednesday)




Awake at an early hour in the morning and eat the hotel's glorious breakfast. Go to Westminster Choir College in New Jersey to have a clinic with one of the college's directors. Arrive in New York City! Set free to get lunch on Broadway. Visit the Natural History museum. Walk to Central Park and sit upon rocks that Matt Smith of Doctor Who potentially sat upon while filming. Visit the 9/11 memorial. A tiny bit of shopping in China Town before dinner together in Little Italy. Too foggy for the Empire State Building so we visit a giant Macy's. Felicia, Parker, and I quest for the women's department. Not found until we go through four or five floors of men clothing. Go up and down many old escalators. We get lost and then I get separated from Felicia and Parker. Forced out of Macy's with a few others unto the wrong street because it was closing time. Make our way back to the bus in a terrified manner.

Day 3


Meet and greet with two Broadway actors who fill in for Spiderman actors. in the Actor's Temple. One of them was from Michigan and went to Holland Christian. Head to a church that withstood 9/11. Walk to another church and sing as a mass choir, vocalaires, and woswe. Return to China Town for shopping. Then head to a retirement home and sing. While waiting in lobby of fancy restaurant lean on lady stranger thinking she was someone on the trip, apologize and scurry away. Eat fancy dinner with a view of time square. Walk through time square and to Spiderman. Be enthralled by the special effects of Spiderman.

Day 4
Take a ferry to the Statue of Liberty and then to Ellis Island. Lay in grass and sun on Ellis Island with friends.  Take ferry to New York. Give money to elderly man with awesome beard who was playing a patriotic song on the flute. Dropped off for lunch and a bit of shopping, find and buy glorious Doctor Who poster. Shopping in time square and other areas with Stephanie and Taylor. Find Doctor Who mug and shirt at very last moment and frantically buy. Head to pizza place for dinner. Got to Metro Museum and explore places with Kim and Taylor. Have statue butt judging. Visit the Empire State Building. Stop at a rest area before driving home through the night. Get reprimanded for running bare foot int he grass with Jamie, we were just trying to do the bus a good deed and spare them from our stinky feet. Attempt sleep on the bus ride home. Forced to stand in aisle for a while at one point when all seats were taken. Find spot on the floor and ignore Caleb's complaints that I was in his foot area, offer the opportunity to just put his feet on me because I was really tired and had no other place to go. Succeed in a bit of sleep.