We left home at 5:30 AM yesterday and drove to Orlando to catch a flight to NYC. The Homeland Security officer at the security gate used Garold as an example for all the other passengers waiting in line, because he had all of his liquids (3 oz. or less) together in a zip lock bag! He was everyone's hero. The flight left on time and we had just enough time in Atlanta to catch the connecting flight. But then thatf light was delayed for nearly an hour while maintenance inspected the right wing of the plane. They served everyone a glass of ice water while we waited. After we took off we got 3 packages of pretzels and 2 cokes. This was our lunch. I was feeling pretty sorry for myself until I heard about the passengers on a Continental flight who were held captive for 5-6 hours with no food and an out of order toilet!!!
We finally arrived in Newark and took a bus to Manhattan. You haven't seen NY until you've driven through the Lincoln Tunnel at rush hour in a bus! At last we arrived at the Hampton on 8th Avenue right in the heart of the theater district. Laura met us there and we all went to eat at Tom's Restaurant (where they filmed the exterior shots for Seinfeld). The food was pretty good and reasonable. After dinner we took a walk through Riverside Park on the Hudson. (It was the next day that a helicopter/Piper aircraft crash killed 9 people.) They have a jogging/biking trail that is paved. But watch out for the bikes. We almost got nailed when a group of bikers came whizzing around the corner. The view across the Hudson is of Newark, which, at night anyway, is pretty. Laura said it doesn't look too good in the daylight. We walked Laura back to her residence, in a very quiet clean part of the upper westside, and then came on back to the hotel for a great night's sleep.
We finally arrived in Newark and took a bus to Manhattan. You haven't seen NY until you've driven through the Lincoln Tunnel at rush hour in a bus! At last we arrived at the Hampton on 8th Avenue right in the heart of the theater district. Laura met us there and we all went to eat at Tom's Restaurant (where they filmed the exterior shots for Seinfeld). The food was pretty good and reasonable. After dinner we took a walk through Riverside Park on the Hudson. (It was the next day that a helicopter/Piper aircraft crash killed 9 people.) They have a jogging/biking trail that is paved. But watch out for the bikes. We almost got nailed when a group of bikers came whizzing around the corner. The view across the Hudson is of Newark, which, at night anyway, is pretty. Laura said it doesn't look too good in the daylight. We walked Laura back to her residence, in a very quiet clean part of the upper westside, and then came on back to the hotel for a great night's sleep.
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