So on a bright and sunny friday afternoon, Jazzy and I, and our good friends Tammy and Drew Thiessen headed south to the bright lights of New York City. We stayed on Long Island and subwayed into Manhatten each day. Simply put, New York City is amazing if you don't mind the hustle and bustle of the tourists. The skyscrapers are outstanding, and the history is well worth revisiting. We did mostly the tourist things.....empire state building, statue of liberty, times square, broadway show (Chicago), rockefeller center, central park, ground zero, wall street, and other fun things. I felt bad for Jasmine, being in New York City and not being able to buy anything since we are moving to Thailand right away and more luggage didn't make sense. But she did great. The highlight of the trip was when we went to the Brooklyn Tabernacle for the church service on Sunday morning. The choir blew us away. Also, we went on the "hop on hop off bus tour" which was the double decker bus system that drives around Manhatten. This was well worth the money. The second day it poured rain but this did not deter us at all. We stayed up there It was a lot of fun to be with Drew and Tammy on this trip, and experience it all together. However, now we are back in Toronto, and getting ready for an even longer trip.....to Thailand........three days till we leave!