Our rainy first day

We woke up a little bit later on Friday because of the time change, and it was raining all day long. We did however manage to go out for a walk and see some of the sites. We went to Grand Central Station and looked around and I got to go to the Apple Store there. We also visited Saint Bart's Episcopal Church which is really quite spectacular and was really close to our apartment. We ended up getting weekly subway passes which really came in very handy. We used them a lot throughout the trip and I really don't mind the subway - it's kind of a fun way to travel. We took the subway to Rolf's German restaurant to see what it was all about. It's supposed to be very Christmassy inside decorated floor to ceiling. Unfortunately we didn't have reservations and the line to get in was over an hour and a half long so we decided to pass on that and just go for a walk around the area. We stopped by the Flat Iron building which is kind of cool and had a bite to eat at Eataly, a little grocery/restaurant area near the Flat Iron building. We took the subway to Rockefeller Center and we saw the huge Christmas tree and all the people ice-skating. We didn't partake in skating since I wasn't familiar with the hospitals in the area. We went inside FAO Schwartz and looked at all the toys. While at Rockefeller Center we watched a beautiful light show on the side of Saks Fifth Avenue building (which is actually on 5th Ave.). We also went inside St. Patrick's Cathedral next door to Saks but we only went into the entryway because there was a mass in progress.