NYC or bust!

Bus 2 in front of us!
The view from my seat!
As I write this, I am on a coach bus with 51 students on my way to see the play "In the time of the Butterflies"at El Repertorio Español, 138th East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016. The second bus holds 39 students and my two coworkers! Words can not describe how excited I am to know that we did it! Listening to the kids talk on the bus about how excited they are and how they hope they enjoy themselves, I can only take the brief moment and exhale knowing that this is for them. All of the hard work, planning, and worrying paid off. I close my eyes and thank God for giving me the ability to put a trip like this together for my students.
Plato montañero de La Pollera Colorada II en Queens, NY
Thank you to everyone who helped and to those who doubted... Yeah, I rock!

After the play we did dinner! Yummy! Yummy! For my tummy! is all I can say! The meal completed the day.

The ride back was even more fun. The play was amazing, the food to die for and now we are on the bus playing "Heads up"! We watched the movie that the play was based on (although both are based on the amazing book) and it was so cool hearing the kids explain to each other what the parts were and how they mixed between the play and the movie. I hadn’t realize how much they pay attention until now.
El Repertorio Español


My partner in crime and at work!
With this said, I had a blast, my students seemed to enjoy the trip and I would do it all over again in heartbeat! Can't wait for the next one!
The cast of the play, "In the Time of the Butterflies".


In full action!

Our Crew!!!! 





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