The Big Apple

My bucket list holds many things that I want to accomplish. See the Northern lights, get published, live in Chicago.

But maybe the most important one on that list is to see the New York Skyline. Not only that but also to visit the Imagine monument in Central Park dedicated to John Lennon.

Going to New York has been something I've wanted ever since I can remember; and this summer I will actually be doing it.

My dad has promised me a three day trip to New York as a graduation present of sorts. Now, we will be living on a very tight budget and doing things that are free/ cheap to the max, but that's O.K. with me.

Just to be in one of the greatest cities in the world will be the highlight of my summer.

I have a plan mapped out of things I want to do while I'm there. I want to go to Washington Square Park, visit the Museum of Modern Art, get coffee in Greenwich village, eat at Peanut Butter and Co., take the ferry to Liberty Island, get my picture taken in Times Square, buy a cheesy I heart NY t-shirt, take a stroll through Central Park...basically every touristy things you can do in the Big Apple, I want to do.

Usually my apporach to visiting other cities is the complete opposite, I want to scour the place for unconventional things to do and avoid the tourist trade at all costs. But I get the feeling that New York City is a big enough place that scouring it for unique things to do would take the entire trip. So I will be fine with soaking up the city via a guidebook and getting ridiculously excited when we do things and come acrosss things that are famous.

Oh, did I mention that I can't wait for it to be summer?