NYC Marathon Trip

I went to NYC with Sara and Denis at the beginning of November to see another one of the Lasallian Volunteers run the New York Marathon. We also went to see the city...it was the first time I spent any real time in the city. We saw the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Ground Zero, Times Square...basically everything you can see in a 24 hour period. Sara and I also saw a musical, Avenue Q, on Saturday night. It was hilarious, awkward, intelligent, insightful, and altogether pretty good. We stood in line for almost an hour at the ticket booth where you get discounted tickets for all the Broadway shows on day of performances. Our tickets didn't really seem discounted because we still paid a ton for them....but it was worth it.

Sara and Denis had to head back to Philadelphia on Saturday night because they had a school commitment on Sunday morning. I stayed the night in one of our Brother's Communities with some other volunteers and got up early to see the NYC Marathon. You will see a bunch of LVs in the pictures as we are waiting for Joan, our LV runner, to come by. Sadly we did not see her or Lance Armstrong at the 8 miles mark where we waited forever, but we did find her just as she was finishing. I think her time ended up being around 3:30...yeah she is a lot faster than me :)

After the race, we headed to Chinatown to grab some food and then I grabbed what is called the Chinatown bus back to Philadelphia. There are buses all over the East Coast that go from pretty much every Chinatown in each big city. It is really cheap ($10) but the accommodations aren't always stellar, but what can you expect from a $10 ride. I made it back safely and all in all had a great weekend in New York.

Check our some of my pics below. The first picture on the slideshow is probably my favorite picture of the whole trip and also my favorite picture of Sara, Denis, and I. It is my favorite because we are caught in genuine laughter at this point. We are on the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and we asked a older gentleman if he would take a photo of us with the Statue of Liberty in the background. He agreed but took so long to take the photo and the boat was turning as he was taking the photo that he totally missed the Statue of Liberty. We all started laughing hysterically because he didn't realize what was happening...needless to say it is great candid moment....with no Statue of Liberty in the background.