Today we walked over to Applebee's for breakfast. Our plan was to visit Time Square and Central Park.
We walked down to Time Square and it was crazy busy. So loud and very city like.
We then walked to Bryant Park and checked out the market/vendors that were there. The smells were amazing.
From Bryant park we jumped on the Sightseeing bus to go to Central Park. After almost 1.5hrs on the bus we arrived at the Park.
It was lightly raining but we grabbed hot dogs and ate then
jumped on a carriage and did the small loop around the park.
We ended up grabbing a taxi to take us back to the hotel because by this time we had walked over 5miles through out the day.
Got back to the hotel around 4 and ordered food to be delivered around 730. Overall it was a successful day.
We fly out at 2pm from JFK to get to California. Fingers crossed the weather is clear and flights go as planned.
TTFN,
Ashley
Today we picked up our bus tickets and NYC passes for the weekend. Then grabbed some breakfast at a cafe and took off for 9/11 Memorial and Ellis Island.
The 9/11 museum was sombering. The history that I was alive for but didn't fully remember. Walt talked about what he was doing when it occurred. Took a few photos but really you have to go to get the full affect.
After that we jumped back on the tour bus and took off for The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The ferry ride was quick and breezy which was nice. Just stayed on and took picture of Lady Liberty. Ellis island was interesting but a little disappointing. Due to hurricane Sandy in 2012 they lost A/C, power and tons of other things, so most of the artifacts have been removed for safe keeping until the A/C is fixed for temperate regulation. It was hot in there today, can only imagine what it felt like for the 1,000s coming through years ago.
After our tourist adventures we hailed a taxi (Im becoming a pro at it) and came back to the hotel to nap a little before dinner.
Dinner was at Ninja New York. It was delicious. The service was amazing and I highly recommend it. They do jump scares through out your meal but they are so funny. Good way to keep you laying attention and making conversation.
Facts we learned while on bus tour:
80% of a building has to be covered in advertisement to be in Times Square
SoHo use to be a mercantile district now it's just used for clothing shops since nothing is made in NYC anymore. Most buildings are cast iron.
Now we are back at the hotel with a tentative game plan for tomorrow.
Look out Cakeroons and Central Park here we come.
FIT BIT STEP COUNT:
11,519
4.5miles
TTFN,
Ashley
