Tuesday : NYC

Tuesday was a little colder, but the rain was not as bad & actually cleared up by the end of the day! We went down to the Financial District, which is where Ground Zero is. It is still just a big concrete hole they are trying to rebuild. The whole area down there is still so "affected", you can tell the buildings that had damage & there are a few pieces left purposefully. It is amazing to see the size of where the Twin Towers stood & all of the surrounding buildings that are still there, untouched it seems. We also went over to Battery Park (which is at the very tip of Manhattan-where you can see the Statue of Liberty)! We did not ride the boat out to see Ms. Liberty (heaven FORBID I get motion sickness again!), but did get to snap some pics from the pier. We also made a trip down Wall Street & got to see the New York Stock Exchange. I got to stand on the steps where George Washington took his oath as the First President, I thought that was pretty cool. It really is a very historic city, even with all the fancy amenities, & that's what I really liked the most - all the history. That evening, we walked down 5th, Madison, & Park Avenue & came up on Rockefeller Plaza (where the Christmas Tree usually is). We had dinner at some swanky little restaurant between 5th & Madison (I was not impressed - I would've rather had Pizza). We did get to have dessert at Serendipity 3 -yum-o frozen hot chocolate!

Ground Zero

The Bull

Can you see the Statue of Liberty between our heads?

Battery Park

Statue of Liberty

New York Stock Exchange (Wall Street)

Where George Washington took his Oath as 1st President - 1783.

Rockefeller Plaza

St. Patrick's Cathedral

Frozen Hot Chocolate @ Serendipity 3