Fun with Dad and Tina

What a great weekend we had! My dad and Tina have been here since Wednesday and, since I had class all day on Thursday and Friday, they found some great ways to have fun in the city. They got a 3-day pass for the Sightseeing Bus (hop-on/hop-off)and did the Downtown and the Uptown Tours on Thursday and Friday. Todd and I met them on Friday after I got out of class for drinks and dinner. A few of my friends from school joined us for the fun! On Saturday, Todd and I got tickets for the sightseeing bus and all four of us did the Brooklyn Tour (by way of the downtown tour which was also good). The weather was great and one of our guides on the bus (TOM) was fantastic. It's really nice to be able to sit on the open top and take advantage of the breeze and the sun, but you also get to see a lot more of the buildings from up there!! (It's rare that you walk around in the city looking UP or else you'd get trampled, but there is a lot of neat stuff to see on these old buildings.) We got off the tour just before the Brooklyn Bridge and walked across back into Manhattan.







We rewarded ourselves with a big pizza from Lombardi's (oldest pizza - and some argue, the best - in NYC). On Sunday, we got up pretty early and caught the uptown tour, through Harlem and getting off at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and the Guggenheim Museum.



















The cathedral was amazing (largest in the WORLD), and the Guggenheim was "OK." Many of their exhibits were empty, but we got in free with our Bank of America card so we weren't as disappointed as we'd have been if we'd PAID! Sunday night, Todd and I met up with one of our friends we met in Africa (she was on the last leg of her "around the world" tour) for dinner and drinks. My dad and Tina stayed in and relaxed. Yesterday, both Todd and I were off from school and work, so we joined Dad and Tina at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. They were AMAZING! It was a perfect day and the great way to cap off a wonderful weekend. Hope you all had a good holiday!