Our flight landed on time at LaGuardia airport. We bought our MetroCards and found the bus that would take us to subway station. Our good trip karma began. We walked out, the bus was there, we got on, and off we went. No waiting. After a few stop and about 30 minutes we were in Harlem at the subway. We took the green train south to Grand Central Station. Since the plane was on time, it was too early to check in . I had pre-planned a few stops in between the subway and the hotel of course… The first stop was easy . . . the inside of Grand Central Station. Beautiful!

When you leave Grand Central, if you look east you will see the Chrysler Building. We didn’t go over, just looked at it from the street. From here we walked west towards the magnificent New York Library.

It was very hot and we were carrying our backpacks so the stop at the library was welcome in more ways than one. The inside of the library is just as spectacular as the outside – but a lot cooler. We looked around for a bit and after we had seen the reading room we exited and started our walk to the Edison Hotel, our home for the next six nights.

The parental units weren’t at the hotel yet and we were hungry so I took Bailey around the corner and we found Daniela’s restaurant. Good Italian food and my first cannoli of the trip. Funny thing about this place… we walked by it a few times and each time the meal prices on the sign kept increasing.

We arrived at the hotel and found the parental units. Our room was not ready so I checked our bags and took Bailey on another walk. This time we walked to Times Square and headed north to Central Park and Columbus Circle. Again, it was very hot and we stopped here and there to rest. At Columbus Circle we took the blue train back to the station near the hotel. This station would become very familiar to us. Our room was still not ready so we sat in the lobby for a while. Bailey was smart and took advantage of the quiet time.

Another nap in the Edison Hotel lobby while we wait for our room.