Day 3: Central Park & Rockefeller Plaza

Got to sleep in and relax a bit in the morning. We took the bus/subway to central park area and true to find the Manhatten temple. We were on a street corner and were looking all over for it, then realized it was right in front of our eyes. We visited a bit with the security guard about the church in the area.

Next we walked a block over to central park. Saw some scenic views and enjoyed the area. Took lots of pictures.

Central park was followed by FAO Schwartz and the plaza hotel. We also happened to drop by the Apple store the day after Steve Jobs died, and found some sort of vigil being held. Saw candles and flowers being laid for him as well as several cute little apples with a single bite take from them, all laid on the steps of the store.

Then we walked down 5th avenue and saw all the fancy churches and stores along the way. We headed to Rockefeller plaza and took a peek in the Lego store nearby.

We went on a tour of NBC studios and got to go behind the scenes where they shoot NBC nightly news with Brian Williams, The Today show, as well as the nerve center where all NBC programming is fed through as it is broadcast across the country. This was a highly secure area, so no photography was allowed :(

Next stop was Nintendo World, down the block from NBC studios. It wasn't much more than a really fancy Nintendo store, but it didn't stop us from getting excited about all the cool stuff they had there. We got a couple of souvenirs and went on our way.

That night we took one last stop by Time Square and took time to go into the giant Toys R' Us they had there. They had a giant 3 story ferris wheel flying around in-doors. Otherwise, it was just another really neat and really big toy store (they had a wider selection of Nintendo games than Nintendo world did... Hmmm...)

Finding ourselves properly exhausted, we retired just after sunset to our Hotel for some much needed rest. Our 3 day hurricane through NYC was complete!