After our 15+ hour flight it took us an hour to get through customs and another for the cab, but we’ve arrived at our Best Western Hotel on E 49th street
After our 15+ hour flight it took us an hour to get through customs and another for the cab, but we’ve arrived at our Best Western Hotel on E 49th street
Walked up to Times Square before lunch, then down and around Central Park in the afternoon
This morning we were up and away early to take the Big Bus tour, doing the southern loop in the morning and the the other half after lunch. It was a double decker open top bus and quite chilly out ofLeia mais
On the observation deck on top of the Rockefeller Centre, where we finished up after the second half of our bus tour, which pretty much took us where we walked yesterday.
We successfully navigated ourselves to the correct line and even got off at the correct stop thanks to David’s memories of how the system works. First stop, a walk up the Brooklyn Bridge
Then we went over to the twin towers location to see the memorial pools. All very tastefully done
We took a 50 min cruise out to see the statue.
After a nice chicken salad lunch we went to see the Intrepid, a decommissioned US aircraft carrier at Pier 86, quite a big thing it turns out!
Today we meet up with the 40 other people in the group to check out NY food. The ice cream was the star; all on a very hot day, over 30 degrees