The Adventures of a Big City Intern-2

Hey all!
So I had my first weekend in the city, and it was definitely a blast. =]
Friday night we did a lot of exploring and wandered around Hoboken to get a better feel for the local scene and nightlife. Saturday was spent catching up on all the sleep we had lost throughout the week, and doing a little bit of homework. However, that night we got to go out and have some fun exploring the New York public transportation system and met all kinds of interesting people along the way.
Sunday morning we took our first real tourist trip, and went out to Governor's Island. Along the way we got out first real taste of street performers, and scam artists who tried to charge us $10 for taking a picture with him because he was dressed up like the statue of liberty [pictures to come soon, promise].
We finally made it to the island and walked around, exploring the coastline and taking loads of pictures of the sailboats, ferries, and the Statue of Liberty. The statue was even more amazing than I could have imagined...and the view of the water was phenomenal. =]
After walking the coastline we went and checked out the River to River Art and Music Festival that the island hosts each year. Artists bring their pieces to the island and they are set up for public viewing. Most of the pieces were unconventional which made the festival even more interesting.
One of my favorites was an exhibit that featured hundreds of flowers that people had hung from a tree. The public was invited to take a flower and to it to a branch and make a wish. The exhibit originated from a part of Indian culture, and was just one of many exhibits that displayed the diversity of the artists at the festival.Another cool exhibit that we visited was an audio art experiment inside the walls of Fort Jay. There were sound waves that were controlled by the number of people inside the walls, how close together or spread out they were, and they way they moved. The experiment was designed to give the allusion of being "in charge" of the sound waves.
After the festival, we headed back into the city for dinner and did some shopping on canal street, through Chinatown and Little Italy. We made it back to the apt. without getting lost ALL DAY, which was a record for us...we were pretty psyched.
Tomorrow it's back to work at the office, which really isn't as bad as you would think. All of the employees are young, and super friendly, so it's a great working environment for a college intern. I'm learning a lot and experiencing a lot of super cool things.
more to come!!