NYC spring break tour:  Friday, March 15 - Friday, March 22, 2013

At Lincoln Center

World famous Radio City Music Hall

In front of the Metropolitan Museum

On the boat to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

Our daily itinerary

Times Square

Some of our show and tour tickets

An autographed photo of some of the girls with a cast member from THE LION KING

The NorKam girls enjoy a horse drawn carriage ride through Central Park

    

The chaotic St. Patrick's Day parade

The St. Patrick's Day parade on Fifth Avenue was cold and snowy

Some of the girls on their way to see a show

A "New York Pie" from Joe's Pizza

We took a cultural and culinary tour of Greenwich Village with our guide, Sephra

Inside Rafele Ristorante

Downstairs at The Cornelia Street Cafe

Savory cheesecake at the Home Restaurant

Warm cookies in the sunshine

Construction continues on the new World Trade Center buildings, as seen from the Hudson River

The beautiful Statue of Liberty in August of 2012, before hurricane Sandy closed the island to tourists

Some current Broadway shows being advertised in Times Square

The Hampton Inn North located at 8th Avenue and 51st Street

Some of the highlights of the trip were...
3 Broadway Shows:  Spiderman, The Lion King, and Wicked 
"Behind the Emerald Curtain" tour of Wicked
A Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island boat cruise 
A trip to the top of the Empire State Building
A visit to the 9/11 Memorial
Guided tours of Harlem including a Gospel Church service,
Radio City Music Hall, the Juilliard School, and Lincoln Center
where we saw private rehearsals of the New York Philharmonic
and an upcoming Metropolitan Opera production of Giulio Cesare
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a walk up Fifth Avenue
Walking tours of Canal Street, Little Italy, China Town, Wall Street, the South Street Seaport with views of the Brooklyn Bridge,
Grand Central Station, Eataly, Union Square, and the Chelsea Market
The crazy chaos of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade 
A carriage ride and/or leisury stroll through Central Park
Shopping at Macy's, Century 21, Forever 21, and on Fifth Avenue    

One of our first subway rides

    

We took the subway most days, rode the bus once or twice, caught the occasional cab, and did a lot of walking

One of the subway stations near our hotel

Yoko Ono's tribute to John Lennon in Central Park's "Strawberry Fields"

One of the costumes for WICKED

The skating rink at Rockefeller Center

Timely street art in Harlem

Belvedere Castle in Central Park

Radio City Rockettes' costumes

Mid-town Manhattan from the top of the Empire State Building

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in rehearsal at Lincoln Center

Walking towards the Empire State Building

The famous Apollo in Harlem, currently under renovation

The "Survivor Tree" at the September 11 Memorial

An off-Broadway theatre in Greenwich Village

Horses and carriages in front of the Plaza Hotel

Inside Trinity Church, located at the top of Wall Street

14 students and 6 adults spent a fantastic week in NYC

The chaperones take the bull by the horns

An amusing plaque in Greenwich Village

Dressed up and ready to see WICKED on Broadway