Day One and half Day Two

After a short shuttle ride to the airport, we quickly went through security and walked to our gate where we thought we could get some breakfast. The door to Gate 34 was locked and we sat and waited out side it until it opened. We thought of walking the long walk back but we were sure the doors would open at any minute. We could see a Tim Horton's just beyond the glass doors and the glow from the muffins and donuts haunted us. We watched and waited while many more travellers walked up and shook the doors. Why did they think we were sitting there??
We were to board at 9:45.....at 10:20 the doors opened and 120 of us pushed forward and about half of us lined up at Tims. After being up since 5 am, the muffin AND donut tasted wonderful.
We quickly boarded and were in the air shortly. Great job Shannon in picking out seats.....
I think we were the only row that someone did not show up for their seat so we had 3 sets between us. Harvey quickly went into his usual flying position "sleep" and I watched TV and read... Of course since he sleeps I get double of the snacks they give you.....Wow 14 pretzels instead of 7....could they make the bags any smaller lol. Four hours later we neared Newark New Jersey but we had to circle for 1 hour before they would let us land....I was afraid we would run out of fuel as I figured with the high cost of gas, they probably didn't completly fill up......
We finally landed, quickly got our luggage and phoned for our reserved "Super Shuttle"
I had read on the forums that they were not very dependable and to avoid them at all costs. This was after I had paid for it on the web. They arrived with in 15 ins and we were crammed into the van. We were so crowded I did not even have a seat belt and my legs hung down in the step to get in. I think the driver was Haitian the way he layed on the horn, made many very close cut offs and yelled at a few drivers etc. The traffic was bumper to bumper most of the time and when he did get a little break he would be going 100K's ...It was a very very scary ride into Manhatten and we were glad to arrive at our hotel at 7:30.. We checked in and found our little room to be just fine. It was no luxury and we had to take turns walking around the end of the bed but it was fine. After staying at many B abd B's and small hotels in Europe , this was very similar. We quickly unpacked and then went down to walk down Broadway into Times Square.
Massive other tourists doing the same but very interesting to see all the huge electronic bill boards and massive lights. It felt more like daylight.....Our big excitment of the night was meeting up with a big ELMO.....We tried to take our picture with him for Mya and Aiden (he is their hero) but with the phone camera it was pretty dark.....
We went into lots of big stores like the worlds biggest Toys are Us, Herseys, and the MTV store which is down stairs from MTV studios. We then went for supper at Frankie and Johnnies ( an old speakeasy that is just as it was in the 20's. The steak was at least an inch thick and the size of a platter..Wow and at 10 at night it was not the best to do as I had a pretty uncomfortable night.....Then having to wake up at 6:30 to get going again today (which was actually 4:30 am by or body clocks) we were two dumpy tourists.
We headed out to Broadway again, had breakfast at Ellen's Stardust Diner, a neat 50's style diner where the waiters and waitresses sing......It was a fun way to start our day. We then walked a block to David Letterman Theatre to see the people already lining up for tickets and around the corner to Rupert Jee's Hello Deli.....we looked into the windows but Rupert was not there...... so we left lol lol to be continued.........