Thursday, March 20 (NYC Day 1)

First day in NYC! We left early this morning and had an easy drive, getting to the James hotel right at check-in time. Mom and Dad have a room and we have a suite with two bathrooms--a luxury but also not a luxury when you consider we will not be victim to a quadruple homicide trying to manage one bathroom with two teen girls. 

We spent the afternoon walking in the city, from Madison Square Park down to Union Square Park. We went into some shops. Greta bought a NYC-themed Lego set and a book; Lucia bought two sets of press-on nails and some spring clothes at H&M. We spent a while in the Strand. 

Andrew peeled off to meet some old co-worker friends and the rest of us walked back toward Madison Square Park for dinnar at Wagamama, and then gelato at Eataly. Sadly, it began to rain, and we had a bit of a forced march as we tried to find a place to get some bottles of water, which we ultimately found at HMart. Then in for the night.

It's good to be back.