It is definitely August in New York – hot, hazy and humid; 90 degrees
this afternoon!
We lucked out getting off the ship.
We were scheduled to be at our disembarkation station at 10:30 so just
before 10 we decided to start wandering in that direction. A staff person we passed asked if we wanted
to leave the ship and said we could leave now.
We got to the luggage area and it took us a couple of minutes of pick up
our luggage and then we joined the line (at least a 30 minute wait) for customs
and immigration. One of the staff saw
our American passports and directed us to another line – we were through and
outside within 5 minutes!! Too cool. Here are a couple of photos taken before we got off the ship.
Statue of Liberty
Manhattan skyline
It was 11 am when we got to the hotel to store our luggage and we won’t
even talk about the heart stopping taxi ride.
I think you must be crazy to be a taxi driver in New York, there is no
other explanation for the risks taken.
We took the subway down to the 9/11 memorial and it was quite an
experience. Although we took photos, they
can’t translate the impact when looking at the memorial fountains. All around the two fountains are the names of
the people who perished in each tower as well as those who perished at the Pentagon
and Flight 77 in Pennsylvania. We had
tickets to go to the museum before we went to England but because of the train
snafu we missed the opportunity and we would have needed another reservation
which was not possible so we didn’t go through the museum.
Then we walked down Wall Street.
When we reached the Cipriani Ballroom the cheerleaders from the NY Jets
had some sort of event going on and there was a drum band playing - too fun!
We then had a stroll along the East River – boy, there’s a whole lot of
activity going on there!
By that time, we were pretty much melted so got on the subway to get
back to the hotel. The first train we
got on had a toddler who was freaking out with the movement so we got off the
train to wait for the next one. Big
mistake. The next train had no air
conditioning so we were basically in a sauna which was no fun at all.
Norm remembered the street vendor we got dinner from when we were here
before so he went out and brought in the same dinner and it was wonderful.
Sending love R/P
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