Bring Me Up: The Geek

Friday, April 11, 2008

Siteseeing in New York and win a GPS

My memory fails me sometimes, okay a lot of times, but there are certain things which remain vividly filed. When I was in middle school I played the flute and the band went on a school trip to Canada. Sure Canada is fine, but it was out stay in New York which I remember most.

Walking down 5th Avenue and checking out the stores was great. In fact, the stores on the off streets were even better! This was the first time I ever met Rainbow. Yep. The Rainbow in New York is a two story shop filled with funky and vintage clothes all priced under $20. I am sure you can imagine how a pre-teen girl could have fallen in love with such a place.

The biggest and fondest memory however was when we saw The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. I remember seeing it on the itinerary and thinking it would be a complete bore. Why in the world would a group of twelve year old kids want to see something like that? Looking back I don't think any of us had ever been so enthralled. The show was amazing. I can still hear the music in my memory. I can see the shadows bouncing off the walls in the room.

And of course we made time to see Niagara Falls, in fact, we took our instruments off the bus and played for a bit.

I wish we had time to stay longer and could even have had an official tour. I have been looking up tour options because I would love to plan a family trip there soon so Braeden can see it all as a child. He loves to take pictures and what better way for a child to get greats shots than on sightseeing tours.

Trusted Tours and Attractions offers discounted tickets to the best sightseeing tours in 23 cities across America. And right now they are hosting an opportunity to win a handheld GPS system by signing up for their newsletter. Me being directionally challenged could definitely benefit from that little promotion which is why I'm now getting the newsletter. =o) And that is also why I now know Things to do in Las Vegas if ever I plan on going there.