NYC Trip - 3/17/2025
We arrived at La Guardia, coming from Kansas City, late afternoon on Monday and grabbed a cab to the Hotel Riu Plaza Manhattan Times Square Hotel. People drive so crazy here! But it was interesting to see a different way of life. Got checked in and headed right back out to begin exploring the city. Our first impression – how close everything actually is in NYC? We started walking toward Rockefeller Center for our early evening check in to Top of the Rock, stopping at FAO Schwartz (our son had to check out the big keyboard from the Tom Hanks movie Big) and watching the ice skaters. We watched the sun set from Top of the Rock and absolutely loved the views! On our way back to the hotel, we stopped in at Serendipity3 for a late night dinner of hotdogs and burgers, followed by an amazing sundae with humble pie – talk about decadent! Then it was time for some much-needed rest after a day of travel. O...