Oh, how I love Central Park!

While Times Square was a bit of a dissapointment, Central Park was certainly not. I hadn't looked forward to Times Square, but Central Park, I so, so had. It's probably because of all the movies and crime shows

I watch that are all set there. And I have heard it is massive - so it was really quite high on my list! Josh's friend Elisa happens to live in New York too, so we met up with her to explore Central Park. It was really just so so big. We walked all through the bottom end of it - and across these pretty bridges with the coolest skyscrapers in the background! I took so, so many pictures. We walked all the way up to the part where the boats were

- but we decided in the end it wasn't worth it, and instead we headed to Chinatown for some so-so dimsum, but followed it up with some awesome, awesome desserts in Little Italy! Josh even got to try New York's best canoli as voted by the public!

Times Square

I seriously did not like Times Square - it was super, super busy, and a bit crazy - full of lots of street performers and people trying to sell you Broadway tickets. Josh and Bekah waited in line to get us Broadway tickets to see Act of God with Jim Parsons, and on top of the TKTS office is like these huge stair/platforms - so we were up high enough to get a great photo!

Out and About in NYC

I hadn't got much of an impression of New York before we went there - we were mainly there to visit Bekah, who moved there right after our wedding. We got some time with Bekah, and so we walked all around the city, it felt like! I really had wanted to visit Grand Central Station - I'm not sure why - it's just in so many movies and it was really busy - like Tokyo Station. Underneath, there are some great little delis, and we got some yummy pastrami knishs!

We did a lot of subway riding - and boy was it weird. First - it is super dirty. And the ticket system is just seriously not easy. There were a lot of people taking advantage of the gates, and entering through the exits to avoid the costs. But I did like the photo I took while we waited (forever!) for one of our rides.

New York has these big, wide sidewalks, which were great for tourists! I loved doing some shopping at the giant, giant UNIQLO, and exploring all the cool places around the Rockerfeller Center!

9/11 memorial

Our next stop was NYC! New York hasn't really been on my to do list until Josh's little sister Rebekah moved there. It was so exciting! She moved there just after our wedding, and so it was really exciting to see her! Her apartment in Harlem was quite big actually, and she knows her way around so well! I was really not prepared for how difficult the subway was there! The good news is, you could just ask anyone! The first night, we mananged to catch up with Josh's cousin for Indian food, and then the next day, when Bekah had to go to work,

we headed for the subway. It wasn't super easy to even find the train station - although we did find the most run down Mcdonalds restaurant ever - but we made it into town. One of our first stops was a random deli, followed by the 9/11 memorial. I don't think it is possible to imagine how horrible it was or how big it was. It was weird. It feels too much like a tourist place and not enough like hallowed ground. But the way they have done it is lovely, with beautiful fountains and the names - there are just so many. And it hits you hard. And there are people and children in this world that have no clue what life was like before 9/11. We didn't do the museum - or the observatory - but I am glad we went.

The Little town of Sandwhich

After we left Race Point, and our unsuccessful walk to the dunes - we headed to the cutest little town - Sandwhich. We did some research and found the place that won the best sandwhich in Sandwhich to have lunch at! It was super yummy! And then we visited the lovely little glass factory and saw some glass blowing there. We got a funny little purple glass hen for Josh's mum there too.

It just so happens that the town is twinned with Sandwhich in Kent, England! There was this grain mill that was super photogenic there. Another American food I have discovered that I really like is Cape Cod Chips, and since we were there, we had to check out the factory. The factory wasn't anything super exciting, but we did get free chips, and some really great flavours that we hadn't had anywhere else!

A very weird walk to Race Point

We decided that while we were in Cape Cod, it would be good to go and see one of the the awesome lighthouses that they are famous for. However, it was really, really expensive to park and walk to some of the lighthouses. We just couldn't justify going and paying that much for it. So we did find an off national park area, and decided to walk to the lighthouse. On Google maps it didn't look too far....so we got out and started walking. It was really hot, and quite a nice walk, but it was getting sandier and sandier.

The park rangers drove up, and came to check on us - we felt so silly! They were concerned that we didn't have enough sunscreen or enough water. I think we would have been fine, but it did make us quite nervous! So we went to the beginning of the same dunes - and took some pictures and then headed back!

The adorable, gay, Provincetown

We drove past Plymouth up to Cape Cod, where Caitlyn's grandparents live. I have always wanted to visit Cape Cod. I don't know why- although it probably does have something to do with Disney Sea's cute little Cape Cod replica! So many of the houses up there are beautiful, with

pretty siding and lovely hydrangeas all over. It is just so picture perfect. We went to a couple little towns, where we visited some antique taffy candy shops, and the Jack Wills, before we drove up to Provincetown. I didn't know, but it is the gay capital of America! There were lots of gay people, and lots of gay pride there! We walked around, and tried the cool Lobster restaurants, followed by some really unique flavoured ice cream.

They had lots of cute shops, which we went into, and we even went down to the water. The pier has all sorts of lovely little shacks on them, where you can sign up for boat trips, but the coolest thing was this awesome bench surrounded by old bouys!