we started off the morning buying metro passes for the week and figuring out which lines to use to get to our various destinations. my dad and i perfected our "subway" sense on the Underground in London earlier this year. However, the new york subway wasn't as easy with all the closures and such.
so as we were waiting this morning for the right train to come, my mom decided to jump on a train and and check after she got on if it was the correct one. she was yelling at us from the door as we were all preoccupied with our maps and before we knew it the door closed and she was off to wherever all by herself. gosh mom, way to go off and ditch us all there on the platform.
we spent the next hour and a half trying to find her on the subway system! lol. no joke. we told her (through the closed doors) to get off on the next stop and we would follow behind and pick her up. well i guess she interpreted it that as something different. wow. she had gotten off and walked up stairs instead of waiting on the platform. so when we stopped... no mom.
oh and as a side detail she didn't have her metro card because she thought she would lose it and gave it to my dad. nice right? yeah gotta love my family.
we rode the sub down to central park.. still checking at each stop. no mom. no cell service. and no clue where the heck she is. LOVE it! the people who know my mom understand why this is funny and what possible dialogue would follow when we finally all met up again.
so finally we get a hold of her on her cell phone and she is just freaking out about how no one cared about her and how we weren't look for her. you would think we lost her in the amazon or something. she was blaming us all for leaving her out and that we didn't come and look for her. hmmmm. she thought that we were trying to ditch her. when really she was the one that got on the train and left US behind.
anywho... she basically sulked all day even though we told her we loved her and that we were sorry. we did tease her a lot about it. i mean how could you not! it was a great way to start the trip... love you mom.
other than that we hopped on the RIGHT train ALL together and went down to ground zero. i still can't believe it all... its been 7 years. my kids last year were born in 2001 and my kids this year were born the year i graduated from high school 2003. they will learn about this in their history classes.
we cruised the world financial building next door and got gelato. brad had ice cream that tasted like a tree. poor brad. we ate lunch at a little pizza place. yum. then headed up to china town and little italy to explore.
4 trains later.... no i think it was only 2 or 3 we got there. we ate dinner in little italy. then had a nice time trying to get home that night... red line? green line? get off where? no, go this way... are you sure?
made a stop at k mart for diapers and such for little miss olivia who had been such a good baby all day!
second day summary: rode the subway. a lot.
Your poor mom. She does not look to happy about getting lost. I would not either. But funny though. I am glad you guys are having a good time.
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