New York City Day #1 (Part I)

My first time ever in the BIG APPLE! The city offers so much to see and do. The first day I was overwhelmed because I wanted to see it all. Brad told me we would visit again. After cramming in the Rockefeller Center area, Grand Central Station, walking the entire North-South length of Central Park, people watching in Times Square, and enjoying a show Come Fly Away the first day (that's why the first day will be in three parts), I relaxed and saved the rest for another trip. When we arrived it was raining. But we decided to experience the subway to take us from the airport to our hotel anyway. It's a strange feeling to climb the stairs of the subway into an unknown world. "Where are we?" standing in the rain with our luggage. Brad asked a stranger "Where is Broadway?" She kindly pointed the way. Not exactly sure where we were, we stopped under an awning to get our bearings. I looked up and said, "Isn't that our hotel?" Sure enough, it was. Luckily, we stopped right there, otherwise we would have walked all the way across Manhattan. Our hotel was right in the middle of Times Square. After drying off a bit, we asked the concierge about good Italian restaurants within walking distance. Carmine's was his suggestion. That was the best meal I had the entire trip. With a full day of sight seeing ahead of us, we went to sleep early. Part I Rockefeller Center and Grand Central Station On the way Radio City Music Hall Rockefeller Center, where the ice rink is in the winter Rockefeller Building Interesting artwork on the path to Rockefeller Center NBC Studios, Brad was on TV in the background of the Kathy Lee and Hoda Show St. Patrick's Cathedral Chrysler Building Inside Grand Central Station On the way to the subway Waiting in the subway