A little delay at RDU, taxied out, taxied back to the terminal, switched planes - only an hour delay so we all thought that was a pretty good outcome.
Approaching JFK - you can see the city in the background (in the smog!)
Bought our 7 day subway passes - and began our day!
We really made use of the passes...
We only got lost about 5 or 6 times....mostly we had hopped on the train in the wrong direction. Easy to fix - just get off the wrong train and usually walk up to street level and find the opposite corner entrance to be on the correct direction. Rookie mistakes :-)
Typical street scene
In the "Flower District" - amazing flower shops.
Walked the "Highline" - a neat 1.5 mile long city park that is built on an elevated no-longer-used rail platform.
Strange things people do....
And we didn't see any of these - maybe it was just a tad chilly!
While walking on the elevated park - we saw this "parking deck". Apparently, you call ahead and they retrieve your car from it's "berth". Bet that's cheap!!
Wandered down to the Hudson River.
Then took the subway over to the 9/11 Memorial. This is the base of one of the Twin Towers - you can't make it out in the photo but there is a constant stream of water flowing over the wall and disappears into the square at the bottom.
One World Trade Center
Each victim's name is engraved around the memorial. A very somber place.
And then it was on the subway to the Staton Island Ferry.
Looking back at the city as we departed on the ferry with the sun setting.
Approaching the Statue of Liberty
The sun going down didn't help my little camera take a good photo....
Sun setting fast!
And after sunset - looking back at the city!
That was it for a very, very long first day in NYC!!
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2 comments:
Pretty sunset photo...
...one thing I didn't do was actually go up in the Statue of Liberty...I saw it...but didn't go in...did you?
Love,
T
hey - no, we didn't do the tour up into the statue. was cool to see though!
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