Days 52 – Monday June 11, 2007 – New York, New York
Last night we stayed about an hour outside of Newark, New Jersey so we had a bit of a drive this morning before arriving. By the time we drove in, unloaded our stuff in the hotel and took the train into New York City, it was about 2pm. We decided to buy the City Pass in New York. The City Pass gave us a 50% discount to six different popular attractions in New York City. It includes a Harbor Cruise, The Natural History Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Empire State Building Observatory. We thought that with our limited time this would give us plenty to do in the city, while keeping us on task with an itinerary of sorts. In addition to the six items covered by the City Pass, we also plan to see a Yankees game tomorrow night and a Broadway show on Wednesday. Throw in Times Square and Central Park and it becomes pretty evident that we are going to cram as much as we can into these four days in New York City!
After leaving the World Trade Center, we headed over to the Circle Line Tours dock to buy our City Pass and book our harbor cruise. We arrived at 3:30pm and they informed us that tickets were still available for the sunset cruise at 7pm. It sounded good to us, so we booked it! With about two hours to kill before our cruise, we decided to head up to Times Square! At this point New York hadn’t won my heart. I only had a mild crush!
Times Square in a way reminds me of Las Vegas. It is big, bright and crowded. The atmosphere is fast and fun, but at the same time it feels very safe. Since Times Square is on Broadway, we decided to find the half price ticket booth for Broadway shows. This way on Wednesday when we need to go there to buy tickets, it won’t be a wild goose chase. We eventually found the ticket office on 46th street and Broadway. To our surprise, right next door, we also found something else!
After spending an hour and a half walking around the festival and tasting a varying array of wonderful food, we headed back to the dock for our cruise. The harbor cruise, took two hours and did a semi-circle around Downtown Manhattan before circling the Statue of Liberty. It started on the west side of Manhattan at 42nd street, went around the southern tip of the island and then continued halfway up the east side. It then turned around and circled the Statue of Liberty before heading back to the dock.
As night approached, some light storm clouds rolled in. This made for a spectacular sunset. From the harbor, we saw many of the landmark buildings in the city, along with some others that we
When the cruise was finished at 9pm we headed back to Times Square to see what it looks like at night. Again, it reminded me a little of Las Vegas’ flashiness, but in a more beautiful way. Times Square certainly reflects the fastness and energy that the city effortlessly exudes. We took a few pictures and then headed back to the train station. It was midnight before we arrived back at our hotel in Newark. We are full of joy from our short time in this city so far. I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings!
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