"I know, it would have been fun," she said. "There's so much to do, I'm not even sure I'm going to see it all. But I'm definitely visiting the aquarium, even if they don't have alien fish."

"Any exciting plans for when you're home?" she asked. "One of these days I do want to go up to New York City. It looks such an exciting place. There's cities in New Mexico, but nothing like that."