Either, I'm getting older or New York's avenues are getting longer because I am crazy sore today after walking around the City for 6 hours last night with my wife. It's an annual tradition of our to go into the City every holiday season to see the Christmas tree at Rockerfeller Center FAO Schwartz and the holiday windows at Macy's, Saks, etc. that feature insane motorized dolls performing random holiday scenes repetitively.
It's always an adventure during our holiday trips to New York as it's usually cold -- yesterday it wasn't too cold -- and there's usually way too many people visiting the greatest city on earth -- yesterday, there definitely was.
We ended up getting into New York's Penn Station around 4 p.m. and headed to Macy's to see the manic motorized dolls. Once we arrived there, we spent little time looking at the windows and more time maneuving around thousands of people who also were there to look at the windows.
After that we headed up to an outdoor bazaar of some sort to look at the unique stores selling jewelry, XMAS ornaments and Asian cultured items. Afterward we headed up to Rockerfeller Center to see the Christmas Tre and were again greeted by thousands of tourists who were all intent on running straight into me and my wife. We also saw the studios of the Today Show on the outskirts of Rockerfeller Center. I'm not sure if we were looking at the wrong studio, but I wasn't impressed at all because it was so small and unimpressive (maybe it was a secondary studio?)
We then headed up to FAO Schwartz and looked at the unique toys and bought some bulk candy. By that time, it was time to head up a tapas restaurant on 15th Street - El Cid - to meet my wife's friend for her birthday. Dinner was decent and we headed back to Penn Station at 10:30 to catch a 11 p.m. train.
Overall, yesterday was a ton of fun, despite today's aching legs, back and feet, but we'll be sure to head back to the City to brave the crowds and cold next year.
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