Once our bellies were full from a delicious hotel breakfast we started the
day head on. First we had a walking tour of Lower East Side Manhattan where we
saw many different places and learned about the different areas. Did you know
that each culture, such as Irish, Jewish, German, etc., had a different region
each lived in? I didn't, but I
learned a lot about it during the tour.
Sadly, we were unable to visit the 9/11
Memorial because it would have taken to long to get everyone through security.
Hopefully we will be privileged to visit it an another day.
My highlight of the
day was visiting the Apollo Theater. Each of us was given the chance to preform
on stage. Not many took that chance. But all of us can say, in honest truth,
that we walked across the stage and rubbed the stump. The interesting story of
the stump was one that I believe intrigued us all. Street performers would take
off a piece of the bark as a symbol of hope to get discovered that day. Some
were privileged to be discovered and the tree was known as the Hope Tree. The
tree was torn down but the owner of Apollo was able to salvage a small portion
of the stump and before going on stage each act would rub the stump in hope to
not be booed off. We finished off the day with dinner at Little Italy. Some of
us got to eat at a place called Puglia. This was not any old restaurant, I'll
tell you that! While waiting for our food two people started singing songs that
everyone sang along with. When we ate dinner there were people from New York,
of course, Australia, and us being from Maine. The best part of dinner was at
the end when the entertainers sang the best song I ever heard. Was it catchy?
Yes, after dinner we were all singing it. Does it play on the radio? No. The
whole time they kept singing "get up, get up, get up and shake your
napkin." At the end of the sing the whole restaurant was standing in their
chairs waving their paper napkins. It was by far the best and most interesting
dinner I've ever had. I can't wait to see what we have planned for tomorrow!
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