Well I took a trip with a friend of mine to New York City this past weekend to visit some colleges. This was the first time I had ever been to The Big Apple. What an awesome place it was.

It started off with our flight being delayed due to the harsh wintry conditions. They had to spray the plane with some anti-freezing fluid before we could take off.

We then arrived in the big city. After I picked up my bags we hopped in a cab and I got my first glimpse at the city. It is quite incredible. The tall buildings, diverse people, and lots of nice fast cars. I saw a Ferrari race past us. Along with about 50 Mercedes, BMWs, and Land Rover’s. I guess cars like that are not as rare as they are around here in Western New York.

After we dropped off our bags we headed out into the city. People walking everywhere. The sun hidden behind the tall sky-scrappers. We got on the subway train and headed off to Grand Central Station. A pretty cool place with a 125 foot ceiling and 60 foot windows. How I remember that, I have no idea.

We then headed off to the Empire State Building. I took an audio tour in which they gave some pretty interesting facts on what I was looking at from the top of the building. You could see the Statue of Liberty, Madison Square Garden, the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, along with many other interesting places.

The next day we proceeded to spend most of the day shopping and sight seeing. We went to Times Square which was packed with people in the freezing cold. I did a lot of shopping simply because my dad gave me his credit card “in case of an emergency.” I figured being in New York City and needing some new clothes and shoes was a big enough of an emergency. Pretty much every store you can dream up of is in New York City. There is an NHL store, NBA Store, Nike store, Apple, Burton, and many many others. There was even a Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. store/restaurant from the Forrest Gump movie. The Nike store was five stories in which they have shoots which shipped off the shoes people wanted to purchase to the cashiers. I never go shopping simply because I hate spending my money, but when your dad gives you his credit card for, “emergency purposes,” I pretty much tripled my wardrobe.

We also saw Trump’s Tower. Pretty incredible building. It was very well decorated in gold with a huge waterfall over marble in the lobby. Trump has it pretty good with all that money of his.

That night was also the first time I have ever tried sushi. It will also be the last time. I love food, but not raw fish. The eel wasn’t bad though. I would probably try that again.

The next day we spent vising colleges and eating New York style pizza. I ate five slices. Pretty good stuff that thin style of pizza is.

New York City is a very amazing place to be.