We had to visit the New York temple while we were there, no question about it. So we got ready for the day and ventured on our first real subway experience. Lets just say my map from the hotel and my smart phone with GPS were invaluable tools for getting around. The subway system was very easy to figure out. It was hands down the simplest way to get around in New York. And it wasn't nearly as crowded or as dirty as I thought it would be. The great thing was that every subway stop there was a musician of some kind. Some were really good others were not but the experience altogether was well worth it.
The only problem I found with traveling underground was that I had a hard time finding my north when I came out of the subway. Everything looks the same (tall buildings) Once north was found it was easy to get around because New York is a grid system like Utah. My sister's smart phone compass was very helpful.
Back to the temple. . . We learned which stop to get off and as we came up there was this really nice farmers market with beautiful fruits veggies and flowers. It was a nice welcome to enter the temple. We looked at our GPS and it told us to walk to the temple once we got out of the subway. We couldn't figure out which way to walk when Stephanie "looked up" and saw the word Jesus on a building then looked some more and found the angel Moroni. It was literally in front of us.
As soon as we stepped in the temple we noticed the silence. There is always noise in the city at all times of day everyday. In the temple it was an immediate feeling of peace and tranquility.
The New York temple is small in comparison to other temples so when all 5 of us showed up to do initatories they were very happy but a little overwhelmed because they only had the one booth. It was a wonderful feeling to do temple work with my mom and sisters. As we read the names we couldn't help but think it was divine intervention. All or names were Hungarian. Our ancestors are Hungarian and we planned on visiting Ellis Island specifically for our ancestor Elizabeth Farkas who is Hungarian and the first of our line to enter the US through Ellis Island. It was a wonderful way to start out our trip, with something familiar and wonderful and peaceful.
This is to get the full experience of the subway.
It was quite crowded during rush hour but other than that it was fine.
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