Once we checked out of our hotel in Hershey, we made the short 3 hour drive to NYC. We were not in a rush so we stopped in a little town in New Jersey called Sommerville and ate at a Filipino restaurant. It was a cute little town and the food was so good. We were all so excited when we finally arrived in the city. Robert was driving and it was madness. There is a ton of traffic and you can't go slow. We were following the gps to the hotel and we got stuck in the EZ Pass lane, which means Robert didn't pay the toll to go into the Lincoln Tunnel. We are still waiting on the ticket for that. Even though the drive from Hershey to NYC was short, it took us forever to get to the hotel. Traffic was a nightmare. The only good thing about sitting in traffic was looking at all the different places we wanted to go once we got settled in.
By the time we got settled into our rooms and rested, it was time for dinner. We decided to explore Times Square first because we wanted to show Bryson the huge Toys R Us that they had. Of course he loved looking at all the lights there but was amazed by Toys R Us. We spent so much time there which was fine because he was happy. It's so funny to look at pictures from his first time in Times Square compared to this time. He had the same reaction both times.
After Times Square, we headed back to the hotel. Bryson loved riding on the subway. On the way we stopped for our first slice of New York pizza for this trip. There's this small little pizza place right by our hotel called Empire Pizza. It's nice to just walk in and grab a quick slice and head back to the hotel. It was our go to place to eat on this trip.
The next day ((Wednesday) it rained and snowed the whole day. There wasn't much we could do in this weather so we spent the morning shopping. It was a yucky mess. We were not prepared for that weather at all so we had to stop and buy Bryson some rain boots and us a new umbrella. Once we had that, we were good to go. We mainly stayed around our hotel that morning. We stay by Herald Square so there is a ton of shopping to keep us occupied while we waited for the rain and snow to pass. Later that afternoon Lulu and Andrew came to visit. They are Robert's cousins that live in the city so they became our tour guides for the afternoon. They took us to a Korean restaurant on our street for a late lunch then we went to Rockefeller Center. Of course Bryson loved the Lego Store at Rockefeller Center. He loved the replica of Rockefeller Center made out of Legos. After the Lego store we went to a yummy chocolate store in 30 Rock to get some hot chocolate. It was probably the best hot chocolate I have ever had. It was so rich though that I couldn't finish the whole cup.
After Rockefeller, we headed back to the hotel. It was a long day so we let Bryson stay at the hotel for the rest of the evening with Lola, Lisa and Eli. Me, Robert and Erin went out for dinner. We didn't know what we wanted so we just hopped a Subway and walked around Times Square. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe but changed our minds after we sat down. We witnessed the funniest fight ever when we were leaving so I'm glad we left when we did. We were all so hungry but had no idea what we wanted. We found the Cake Boss Cafe and decided to go in. I have always wanted to go to Carlo's Bakery in New Jersey on our trips and we have never made it there so I was so happy that they had built this in Times Square. It was crazy packed but they had a good system to get everybody served fast. Everything looked so good but we decided to get lobster tails, and cannolis for dinner. It was worth the wait! After that we headed back to the hotel because we had to get up early the next day for the parade. On the way back we stopped to look at the decorated windows at Macy's. Every year they have the amazing displays in their windows.
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