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My Trip to New York:
The night me and my mom got everything packed upped and at the door ready to go. I made sure all of my electronics I went to bed at nine but I was so exited I didn't fall asleep until late. I woke up at 4:45 to get ready.
 * The night before:**

In the morning I was so exited and a little annoyed. That day my Ipod decided to be broken, It wouldn't turn on. Then we loaded the bus. I sat on the inside so I could see the sites that would happen (also because I wanted to sit on the outside on the way home. My seat partner and I played games on my moms Ipod (because mine was still broken. We stopped at a small shop that had food. Then we loaded the bus again. I looked at my ipod and it was working! I was very happy. The rest of the bus ride was fun :)
 * The morning:**

When we got their we had a little confusion. We got of to early and had to walk a little ways to Chinatown. Chinatown was full of people trying to sell us umbrellas (because It was drizzling) and other things (like key chains and sweat shirts). When you walk around make sure you look at how high the buildings, because they are incredibly huge. We came to a small Chinese candy shop, they had many candies and among them were dried rose, despite the name It tasted pretty good. After a while of looking in stores for a grey or black sweatshirt we finally found a little store that just opened and because we were the first costumer he was more lenient. I got a grey sweatshirt that has I love NY on it. I think I got it for five, ten or fifteen. don't pay more then five for a t-shirt and ten for a sweatshirt. The shops there are also really cheap so make sure you get something there. In china town there is a Buddha temple that is pretty cool. It has many Buddhas in it and then one great big one at the end.
 * Chinatown:**

There were so many stores and so many things to see. We went to trump tower and the wall waterfall is pretty cool. Though it sounds wierd use the bathroom there because its really nice in there. We stopped into the apple store for a little bit, the elevator was really cool, it was made of glass so we could see when we were going down and up. Right next to it is F.A.O shwarts.The guard at the door is funny when you take a picture with him. There is a lot of toys in there some I never even seen before. If you go there look for the person doing magic tricks, she does this cool thing with foam balls that is really fun to see. After we went to saint Patricks cathedral. It had construction on it so it wasn't as "holy" as I thought it would be. it was still cool though. There was many paintings and statues about all the Saints, Mary and Jesus. After we went to top of the rock. We went to the elevator and as we went up my ears popped and rang. I couldn't hear properly for a while. The observation deck was really high but since it was foggy we really couldn't see anything. Inside a little room there was lights that were programed to follow you around and if you moved fast it did a song and made a light show. After we headed to Time Square.
 * Midtown:**

Time Square was flooding with people and there were so many things to see I couldn't take it all in. We went to M&M place. Right when you walk in there is a huge M&M. The employes are very nice and like to dance to the music playing. The stuff there was a bit pricy though and we all wanted to get something at forever 21. After we took pictures we left and went to forever 21. The store was huge. There was foor floors of wonderful clothing. It would take a whole day just to look through the cloths. Since we couldn't do that we left and went to prontos pizza. That pizza was good. After dinner we went on a subway, the subway was really cool. I wanted to see people performing but just as we got there, the people were packing. There was a little confusion in the beginning because people accidentally got on the wrong group which got on the wrong train. We travled to the last stop and headed towards the ferry.
 * Time Square:**

When we got there we took a bathroom break and then we took pictures. A police woman crept into one of our pictures. The ferry was relaxing all though it was a little foggy we could still see the Lady of Liberty she is really cool. We took lots of pictures. When we got back we got back on the but and headed home.
 * Ferry Ride:**

Everybody was sleeping. The people in the back were telling scary stories. We stopped at a pit stop where I got fries. When we got back my mom and me immediately went home.
 * Bus Ride home:**



Advice:
- A small pillow and blanket - An Ipod and a book to read - Games so you and your partner can play something - Bring 35 to 75 dollars - A small bag ( drawstring bags or the best) to carry everything in - Water bottles - Snacks - A change of cloths (like sweats for the bus ride home)
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