The next morning we went and got our 48hour hop on hop off tour bus. Its one of those double decker bright red buses filled with tourist who take pictures of anything and everything around them- yup, that was us for 48 hours. Our first tour was the Downtown Loop that took us around Chinatown, SoHo district, Madison Square Garden, Flat Iron Building, Lower East side, and would you like me to continue? We didn’t stay on that bus long because once we got to the SoHo stop, we got off and got an idea about what our shopping experience would be like. SoHo is known for their little boutique shops that really, you pay the price for. There are a lot of unique stores however, very expensive- by all means if you have the money…go ahead! We got back on our bus that actually stopped by there every 20mins and proceeded towards China town. We got off around there and looked for Katz Deli. Katz is a MUST if in Manhattan. If you appreciate good quality meat and sandwiches…oh my god! Is all I have to say. You walk in and see a whole row of about 7 “slicers” they call them. Each slicer is their own person so they have their own lines. Our slicer knew we were first timers so he let us try the meat. I ordered half corn beef and half pastrami sandwiches. He pulled out these slabs of pastrami and corned beef from the oven type thing from behind him and sliced them right in front of me. I swear I could just eat all the meat by itself. Pastrami was to die for! We got back on our bus a few blocks away back by Soho and ended up by Rockafeller Center where we found one of the Magnolia Bakery branches. We walked out of there with 6 cupcakes (don’t ask why- theres only 2 of us and my mom ordered 6; oh yeah, i still think Kara's cupcakes are better) and one of the best cups of hot chocolate I’ve had. Oh I forgot to mention from the beginning, it was FREEZING. Weather wasn’t that bad but its like San Francisco weather over the winter- cold and windy. We went back to our hotel to relax a little and enjoy our cupcakes and ended up eating a small dinner at Junior’s restaurant less than a block away. Small dinner but a BIG dessert- a Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake the size of your face- actually probably my face now with all this eating I did over the week. Hah. That ended our Day 2. Notice: i talk a lot about food. i take pictures of a lot of food. I love food.
our first day on our bus
Flat Iron Building
SoHo shopping
Kats Deli
Magnolia Bakery
Strawberry Shortcake cheesecake from Juniors
again...to be continued.
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