Wednesday, August 8, 2007

New York City/Brooklyn, NY


10 days road trip to New tork City and on to Brooklyn, NY for a misison trip with Youth Works.

events & highlights from the trip:

Going through a toll in Illinois, oops!!! Getting lost in Toledo, OH. Driving in Pennsylvania, seemed like forever!!! Seeing the skyline of New York City, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island for the first time. Staying at a hostel in Manhattan near Central Park. Parking ramp where we parked our three vans and a trailer. Manhattan houses.


Driving in NY City and turning right on a red light, oops didn't know about that law until later.

Spending time on the ferry and almost falling down from the waves on the ferry. The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Manhattan skyline from the ferry.

China town/sweatshop , purse experience.

United Nations

World Trade Center Site

Times Square, eating in a nice restaurant, because we were tired and hot and hungry!!!

Church in Manhattan

Central Park, waiting in the subways forever.

Youth Works site in Brooklyn, NY in Chinatown

rain all day!!!

Kids Club that didn't exist because of the rain

Brooklyn Bridge

Puerto Rican Senior Center

Kids Club and the view of the Manhattan skyline, very pretty!!!

drip, drip, drop

a shower, finally only it was about 5 minutes long!

Costco parking lot!!

parking!!!! and trying to find a parking spot

Sanitation dept rules, parking on one side of street and waiting until 10AM for parking spot on other side of street

Senior Center, bingo, new friends!!

Cultural diversity, especially in Brooklyn, NY

Dunkin Donuts, best coffee!!!

Coney island, the rollercoaster, which i went on!!! ocean!!!

BBQ with community and meeting New Yorkers!!! my new friends!!

the drive back home-long!!!! back to Toledo, OH

YMCA and showers!!!

God is awesome and Amazing!!!

Back home and was exhausted. Slept forever!!!!



2 comments:

Janet said...

I'm glad your trip went well!

Anna Wencl said...

where's the updates?!?