Bip Apple Update #2 (Quickie Version)

We are home. We had a lovely time. I only have a second but wanted to give the highlights. More details and pictures to follow later.

Brooklyn Tabernacle = Two thumbs up. This was my favorite part of the whole trip.

Hotel = Very fancy. Almost too fancy. There are (of course) no vending machines. If you need a coke then you can pay $8 to get one from your mini bar or walk to a market to buy one yourself.

Subway system = We navigated these by ourselves and lived to tell about it.

Taxi cabs = Every bit as scary as you can imagine

Shopping = Expensive. Don't even think about it.

Hot dogs = I guess if you grew up there, I could see the attraction. If you didn't, then just skip the dogs and wait to grill one in your backyard. It'll be much better.

Hustle and Bustle = Check. There is no shortage of this around.

Mean and cranky NY resisdents = We found this to be along the lines of "all people from the south don't wear shoes". I think it's just an overused sterotype. We met and talked to a variety of people this past weekend. All of them very nice and helpful as we floundered around the city with our tourist questions and generally 'lost' look.

Head cold/ear infection = I think New York has given me something along those lines. At first I thought it was just that I was tired and had been on the go so much - because really, my teacher body is immune to almost every germ. But here it is and I am in a fog from the neck up with a ringing in my right ear. So I'm going to go lay down and see if it goes away.

Longer update soon...