For today we had a helicopter flight planned but due to the weather everything went a little bit different today. We woke up early so we would be at the helicopter platform on time. We arrive 45 minutes early but we didn’t knew what to expect from a monday morning rush-hour in the subway.

At 9 o’clock we were allowed to enter the and it already started to rain so I asked or it wasn’t a better idea to reschedule the trip. This wasn’t the necessary we were told, although the weather radar told it would only get worse. At 10 o’clock, our departure time, the group with the departure at 9:30 was still waiting inside the building. I asked again what the changes were and at 10:40 finally someone made a decision: We are not flying today! After waiting for the rescheduling of the flight to next Wednesday it was already 11 o’clock and it was pouring outside.

We walked back to the subway station near the Staten Island Ferry and made new plans for today. When it rains it means you need to stay inside, 😉 So we decided to go…..surprise: SHOPPING!!! First we made a selection of stores we’d like to go to and then figured out how the subway route would be:

1. At Whitehall St/South Ferry: Subway Line R towards 34 St/Heralds Sq
2. Shop at Victoria’s Secrets
3. At 34 St/Heralds Sq: Subway Line M towards 5 Ave/53 St
4. Shop at Tommy Hilfiger
5. At 5 Ave/53 St: Subway Line M towards 47-50 St/Rockefeller Ctr
6. Lunch at T.G.I. Friday
7. Shop at Michael Kors
8. Shop at Sunglass Hut
9. Walked back to the hotel

And there is the big question which sunglasses should Danielle get as a birthday present from my mother?

We stayed almost dry and had a lot of fun, I guess we are becoming New York City Subway Experts or maybe I should be honest there is an App for that (Embark NYC). When Danielle was unpacking her new items she found out that one of the dresses had a stain so we needed to go back to the store which meant we had a second subway adventure today.

1. At Times Sq/42 St: Walk underground to 42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal
2. At 42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal: Subway Line E towards 5 Ave/53 St
3. Exchange dress at Tommy Hilfiger
4. Shop for more new items at Tommy Hilfiger
5. Shop at the Apple Store
6. At 5 Ave/59 St: Subway Line R towards Times Sq/42 St

There we bought some fruit and water at the Walgreens before we went back to the hotel. And we were so tired that we went to bed early because the 5th day of our trip is a very special one!