Day 3 - Empire State!

    On day 3, our last full day in New York, we woke up late, took lots of time with breakfast and getting ready, then headed out at about 10:00! Our plan was to rent bikes to the Met, then go see the Empire State, stopping at some point to get some New York pizza at some point. 
    We went out the the bike station to get the bikes, but we ran into some problems. Only one bike per app and phone number. Papa ran to get my iPad to download the app, and EVENTUALLY we got on the bikes. Also, the bikes were electric! When you pedal, it gives you a ‘little’ boost! Much less tiring for going up hills, but the bikes are really heavy, so it’s hard to turn. 
    We made our way to the Met soon after. We saw most of the important stuff and skimmed the rest, as we were starting to get pretty hungry. We went out to find a well-rated pizza restaurant. The Famous Famgilia pizza restaurant was pretty nice, with lots of delicious pizza options. I chose an inverted pizza thing with cheese on the bottom with large splats of sauce on top. Josephine had the classic pepperoni, Papa had a chicken ranch and Momma had a chicken broccoli. Me and Jo had Fantas too!
    After our pit stop, we headed over to the Empire State! I actually thought the Chrysler was the Empire State, but I guess not. The Empire State was enormous, 102 floors and lots of exhibits to explore. I took a photo being grabbed by King Kong, looked at construction charts, and took photos of the skyline. We were getting a bit tired, so we headed to the  hotel. We found a nice recently opened deli corner store thing almost next door to the Quin. The food was amazing, with refrigerated sandwiches to all sorts of packaged goods to warm food. Our mission was dinner and movie snacks. We got something for each of us plus some watery 1% milk, parents got some beer, we got popcorn and Jo got some Ruffles! He he I also got Pocky. 
    We went to our room to consume our nourishment in peace. Once we were done having dinner while watching a crab fishing documentary 🦀. :D, then we watched our movie, Spider-Man No Way Home! That’s all for our last night in New York!

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