Day 2 - Grace

I didn't think this trip could be more fun. After a hotel breakfast, we started the day by going on a walking tour of Lower East Manhattan. I'm not used to a lot of walking myself so that wasn't that fun. We went from the tour to Saint Paul's Cathedral. We took a break there and listened to something (Unbeknowst to us at 12:30 every day there is a peace service for all who are in the chapel - even for those of us who sat down waiting out the long restroom lines - Marybeth).  After that, we walked to the 9/11 memorial, which ended up being a 45 minute wait so we didn't go today. I'm not sure if we're going back, but I hope so. We went to the Apollo, which was great. I was one of the people who performed on the stage. It was a bit nerve wracking, but it was great. Then we went into a different room and heard some people in there. Mr. Apollo was so great. He was hilarious. After the Apollo, we went to Strawberry Fields. There was a guy who was on drugs and was asking if we wanted to buy souls, which was weird. The mayor seemed like a nice guy. The memorial was really well put together. There were pictures and flowers and everything like that. After the memorial we went to Chinatown or Little Italy. My group went to Little Italy and the restaurant was great. After dinner we were allotted 15-20 minutes to shop. Now we're on the bus ride back to the hotel.