the adventures have begun.

Well we have now made it safe and sound from Minneapolis to Philadelphia, where we crashed at our old/new friend Karim's place at U PENN. Which is a very beautiful campus! In Philly, Jess and I realized we do not know near enough about our countries past as we should : / We walked all day and saw a lot of the sights such as the Liberty Bell, US Mint, and a bunch of other old Constitution stuff.

From Philly we hopped a train to Harrisburg and moved onward to Shippensburg after being picked up by Katie and Brittany. We stayed two nights in Ship and made a day trip to and thru other old fashion, stagnant out-of-date towns such as Hazleton. Gettysburg got a late night visit as well! No spirits or ghosts though.

Next it was time for NYC. Britt, KB, Jess, and I headed out early for the big city but with a quick pitstop in Jersey first. Jess visited a HealthQuest here as well as her NPTI friend Brian. We carried on towards the city! Our stay in NYC was unique and uncertain...lets just say we intended on winging it and hoping the pieces would fall into place and eventually they did! Jess went to Connecticut for the night to visit another NPTI friend Ryan and the rest of us were on to Brooklyn to stay with Brits old friend Megan. The second night Jess and I stayed with a girl from back home, Ali. This night involved experiencing a fire escape, Time Square in the dark, supper with Jess NPTI friend Bailey at Chat n' Chew, and standing on the roof of a building across the street from one that was burning down a block from our place. Very tragic, very unexpected, and quite the experience.

Lets just NYC is wonderful and crazy and absurd and brand new all at the same time! Things we did and saw:

Time Square...plus all it entails!

Brooklyn Bridge

NYU

Skyline/Horizon

a free Cab ride

Central Park

United Nations

the Subway

Twin Towers Memorial

Brooklyn

Grand Central Station

Harlem

Chinatown

....and so much more!