New York City

Day: 108 (July 11)
Starting location: Pawling, NY
Ending location: Pawling, NY
State: NY
Miles today: 0.0
Miles total: 1,436.0

We picked up the train into New York City from the Pawling Station at 8:49am. It was 60 miles and just short of 2 hours into Grand Central Station. From Grand Central, it was just a short walk to our hotel The Roosevelt. Kristen really wanted a gyro from a street vendor so we walked down the street and found about 10 vendors all selling gyros. It was certainly a bit different than starving on the trail.

Early that day we had made plans to go see our good friends Casey and Langhorne Shea in their apartment in Brooklyn. You may remember Casey as the person who sang, "Fly Me To the Moon" to Kristen during the reception at our wedding. Casey is a very talented musician and actually has a new CD out. Here is the link to his website:

http://caseysheamusic.com/

So Kristen and I caught a taxi into Brooklyn from our hotel in midtown around 2:30 and arrived at their apartment just in time for the world cup final Spain vs. Netherlands. It was so nice to talk and visit with Casey and Langhorne. After being in the woods for so long, it is so nice to see familiar faces. It was also really neat to see the "living" side of New York. You often see the tourist part, but you rarely see how people actually live in the city. After the world cup game, Casey took us up on top of the roof of his 4 story building to see the spectular views of the skyline of the city. It really was something to see.

After we said our goodbyes to Casey and Langhorne, we got back into a taxi for the 30 minute drive back into the city. We both took a quick shower and walked over to Carmine's for our 8pm reservation. I had never eaten at Carmine's but had always heard about how great it was from my mom and Ms. Nancy. Carmine's serves a family style dinner so most items can feed up to 4 people. This didn't bother us much since both of our appetites are off the charts these days. We ordered a caesar salad and cheese ravioli. My mom was right, it was great.

After a long day, we were both really tired and retired into our soft king bed. What a great day.

BTW, The Ponte Vedra Recorder had another article on us. Here is the link:

http://www.pontevedrarecorder.com/content/2141_1.php



Kristen getting on the Metro North train in Pawling, NY. New York City here we come.




Grand Central Station




Culture Shock!



Times Square

Conan + Backwards