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​Saturday, December 26, 2015
Upon arriving, we took a taxi to NYC and to our apartment. There was a lock box with our keys to the doors, and so we settled down for a rest, but it was still early morning, and we had the whole day ahead of us.

China town
Little Italy 

I walked around the neighborhood to get a feeling for our surroundings. There is a train that frequents this area and a large stop just a few blocks away on 125th street. So we bought metro passes and headed toward the famous pizza place Gramaldis under Brooklyn bridge. We walked in China Town and saw the 9/11 memorial from a distance. After a couple problems, getting on the right Subway, we found our way back to our apartment near Harlem. Amy, Melanie, and I went to a grocery store to find some food to hold us over for breakfast and such. Mom figured out how to get the tv play movies. We watched The Twelve Dates of Christmas and then went to bed. Love this city.

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We stayed in a building like this with a small cafe type restaurant on the first floor and a 24-hour Ivory Coast restaurant next door