We have wanted to go to NYC with all the kids for ages now, and finally found a long weekend to do it! It’s seems to be rare that we have the kids for Thanksgiving weekend, so we are used to have our turkey fix a couple of weekends before, so that’s what we did, leaving the long weekend free for a little road trip.

A 6am start is usual for us, and we loaded up the truck and were on our way. The kids watched some Amazing Race from an old season I bought, Gilmore Girls and we played our traditional “trivia” for jellybeans/junior mints/Mike and Ike’s game, with some people getting super competitive!

We made record time and made it to NY by 4pm (traffic was a breeze), including a few stops on the way. We had rented off VRBO, an apartment in a brownstone in Harlem and found street parking (free!) right outside the brownstone! Having told the owners we would be there at 5:30, we decided to explore around the neighborhood and made our way the 12 blocks to the North start of Central Park. I have never been this far north – and I have to say, the park is gorgeous there!

We stopped for a little street food (empanadas) and picked up a few groceries before heading back to our home for the weekend on 123^rd street. It had the turn of the century charm and we loved the creakiness and character (and price!). After a quick dinner of some mac and cheese, we headed back out to stroll the neighborhood. We found White Castle where the kids devoured a couple of sliders each and checkout out the world famous Apollo Theatre. We headed back and the kids settled in for the night watching a movie and some more Gilmore Girls (show of choice for this trip).

Off to a good start!