NYC (Next Day)

Thursday, we spent a whole day touring NYC. Led by our lovely host Catelyn, we visited the following sites: Central Park, the Met, Ground Zero, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and Battery park. I’ve been to all of these places before when I visited NYC in high school (except for ground zero of course, which was somber and surreal). The Met was really really nice. It’s an amazing experience to turn the corner and see something hanging 10 feet from you that previously you had only seen in textbooks. A funny story from St. Patricks: As Eric was walking around the nave of the church he stopped to look at a particular display. As Eric was observing silently a man in the pews had the gross misfortune of having his cell phone go off. As if this weren’t bad enough the man, in the heat of the moment, blurted out, “Oh Jesus!” I’d say that’s easily 15 Hail Marys. For lunch we had sushi, which, as we all know, makes my day instantly a good one. In the evening we met up with my roommate from UNC, DJ, who just happened to be moving to the city that very day. We ended up having Chinese for dinner with like 15 who all seemed to know each other in random ways. What was my fortune you ask? “Tastes like chicken.” And what tastes like chicken? Look no further than my ‘learn Chinese’ word on the back: Hai-zi. Translation: Children. To finish up the evening we walked around Columbia and stopped by a coffee shop to sit and talk. In all, a very satisfying way to spend our first full day in one location.



Eric and Catelyn at the Met.



St. Patrick's.



Ground Zero.