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| Kristin hovers towards me, making ghost face |
Next we stopped at a Dunkin Donuts and bought some munchkins while Kristin used the bathroom, which reminds me there are still a few in my purse.
Onto the church, where we were to meet up and the tour began. It was more of a historical landmark walking tour. We didn't get to go inside any buildings. We didn't see any ghosts, although we learned that one or two people claimed they could see ghosts. We learned a lot of New York history. Why is Wall Street called Wall Street? That our street grid system is not set up north/south/east/west as I assumed it was.
At one stop a guy tried to steal a bike in front of us. He just took the 2x4 he was walking around with and pried open the u-lock. Pop. We gathered around him telling him this wasn't going to happen on our watch. He kept going though, unlocking the bike and getting ready to roll it away. I think when he realized people were calling the police he should finally give up, but that's what stopped him, not the 40 people surrounding him! It made me want to always walk around in a mob, putting a halt to minor injustices.
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| the spooky graveyard where Ol' Peg Leg keeps haunt |
- Megan Leigh
I also thought the tour was fun (but cold!), and the highlight was definitely stopping that incident of bike thievery. Can you believe that some guy would just whale away on a bike lock with a 2x4, in front of like forty people who are all yelling at him? Crazy! I thought the tour was too big. Like 40 people, all walking around in a big herd, so it was hard to hear the lady sometimes. But it was very interesting. Megan and I thought it would be fun to make our own literary tour of NYC, and our first tour could feature all the places in Winter's Tale. Wouldn't you go on that tour?!
-Kristin
3 comments:
I would go for the Winter's Tale tour!!!! I loved this NYC Ghost Tour post. Ahhhh, the rat!!!!! Why were you handling gerbils? Is someone getting one for Christmas?
We are taking care of Elliot's class gerbils. A mom and a dad and three tiny, tiny babies! I am hoping that everybody survives! It was supposed to be two girl gerbils, but evidently one of the "girls" turned out to be a boy. Big surprise, but very exciting!
We were just telling horrible tales of gerbils eating each other and the horrible things we put our kids through by having them as pets. Poor Gerbils are here to teach kids about death seemed to be the running theme. I hope no babies are eaten on your watch!
We went on an Alton ghost tour and did get to go in one building. While half the group went to a haunted attic in the dark - the rest of us got hot chocolate. It was like -5 the night of this walking tour and the gal that arranged it told us it was "dinner and a riding tour". We froze. The history of Alton was really great, like you said. There were several asylums there so much haunting. When we went to the dark attic it was so scary I slid my back up against a wall and squatted - thinking ghosts would go for the taller people out in the open. I snapped a few photos and got great colorful orbs. People report having hair pulled, etc. on the tours - but not on our tour. The history was very impressive.
I think if you do a literary tour you should include ghosts because everyone needs a little scare to keep them alert. Had I just gone on a history tour I would have been bored but they snuck all that history in that I enjoyed.
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