We woke up pretty early in order to beat the rush because we were going to the Empire State Building! We ate breakfast at the same place and then got on the Subway and made our way to the building. It is a gigantic building! I know what the top looks like, but I had no idea what the bottom looks like till today. It's really amazing how big it is. I can't even imagine what the people who work there think of it. We had to go through more security, but it was pretty easy, except for the line. It, like every other line, it zigzagged back and forth forever! Once we got through security, we headed up to the elevators. They packed 10 of us in a tiny elevator that took us up to the 80th floor, where there was an observatory. We spent about 10 minutes there before going to the next elevator. That one took us to the 86 floor. Of course there was a long line for that one, they said about 15 minutes, but it was only 10. They offered people to walk up 6 flights of stairs but we decided to...
Today we woke up early (7:30 am) to get to our NBC tour on time. It started at 10 a.m. but it's recommended to be there ahead of time. So we ate at the City Kitchen (again) and headed toward 30 Rockefeller Place. It was only half a mile from our hotel, so we got there nearly an hour early. We looked around the NBC store while we waited. We were super excited to go on the tour because we watch the show "30 Rock" all the time and couldn't wait to (sort of) experience that in person. The pages that were taking us on the tour came down and we went through security (again). They were super nice though, and we even got badges! There were about 12 other people in our group and we all headed up the stairs. Unfortunately, there was no photography allowed, but that made it better because everyone was alert and listening to the pages talk and enjoying the experience in the moment. We were surprised how much the pages knew! We think they must have to go through a lot of trainin...