Well, I’m back home!

I actually came home last night, but I was too tired to even check my e-mail (although my sister and I stayed up until 3 in the morning playing video games that we bought at a sale in New York). As expected, I got very little internet access while I was in the US. The hotel that we stayed two nights in New Jersey, as well as the one in Pennsylvania where we stayed for our last night had Wi-Fi, but the condo that we spent six nights in Virginia did not. My dad payed 20$ to get internet on his laptop, and while my sister and I were allowed use it, it was only late at night for an hour or so before we went to bed.

I cannot begin to describe the amount of fun that I had during this trip, especially while were in New York City. I have been dying to see Manhattan since I was a kid, and even if the rest of the trip had been lousy, I would have still said I had a great time because of that day and a half I spent in the city. Although, to be honest, we didn’t see very much. There are dozens of things that I wanted to see in New York, but my father had warned me that we were just making a stopover, so I shouldn’t expect too much out of it. We spent a lot of time in Times Square, the Theater District, Central Park,  as well as Bryant Park. We also spent a couple of hours touring the Metropolitan Museum of Art, although it wasn’t nearly enough! I could have spent all day in there looking at the art (not to mention that it was boiling hot outside, and the museums were nicely air conditioned!). We mostly walked around the city taking in the atmosphere and passing by places likes Rockefeller Center and Radio City Musical Hall. Strangely enough, we did not see the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty, since we were pressed for time. Oh well, next time!

The highlight of our time in the city was definitely my sister and I’s birthday present - a Broadway Show. We originally planned to see Wicked but had difficulty buying tickets in advance (they were charging us 40$ to ship them to Canada! Ridiculous!). Instead, we stopped by the In the Heights box office early in the morning and got two tickets that were in the middle orchestra. There aren’t enough words to describe how spectacular our seats were. And the show was absolutely amazing – it’s one of my favorites, and I was thrilled to see it. My sister was hesitant about it, but she downloaded the soundtrack as soon as we got home yesterday. And she bought a shirt with Corbin Bleu on the front.

After our time in New York, we spent the next six days in Williamsburg, Virginia. We spent most of our time relaxing. We did some shopping at the outlet malls and toured Colonial Williamsburg. I have to admit that I was pretty disappointed with that part of the city, especially since they were chargint 40$ a person to see inside the buildings. We have a similar area in Canada called Upper Canada Village, which is much more impressive to see as well as much cheaper! We also spent a couple of days at Virginia Beach, which was my favorite part of our stay in the state. We got some perfect beach weather, as well some great waves! It had been awhile since I’d been swimming in the ocean, so I was really pleased. I’m used to the ocean in Greece which is really placid, so it was fun to be able to run around  in the waves!

On our way back to Montreal we decided to spend a day in Washington, DC. I had been there before with my mother, stepfather, and my sister, so most of what I saw was repeats on a couple of years ago. We toured the Air and Space Museum, as well as the National Mall. My sister and I had already seen the Lincoln, Korean War and Vietnam Memorials so we decided not to make the long walk and hang around the shady parts of the Washington Monument because of the intense heat. I really wanted to see the National Art Museum, the National Crime Museum and the International Spy Museum, but sadly, we didn’t have enough time.

Anyways, I haven’t uploaded any photos yet to my computer because I’m lazy, but I will definitely try and post some pictures up tomorrow! I don’t have many photos of our time in Virginia and DC, but I do have some great photos of New York (especially Times Square).

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