New York Tourist

Today we spent a very long day exploring New York.  We started at 8 am today walking to the ferry terminal to catch the boat to Ellis Island.  It was a chilly morning but the boat ride was fun.  Ellis Island has so much history, we spent almost 3 hours touring around and learning what happened here.  We then ventured to the Statue of Liberty.  We climbed up to the pedestal which was pretty neat, although you couldn't see the statue as good as from the ground!  

After a few pics we then jumped aboard the boat and headed to New York.  Once on land again we headed straight for the 9-11 memorial.  The fountains they have completed are beautiful, a well done memorial for so many who lost their lives on that tragic day.  We discussed with the kids what happened that day but didn't go into the museum, unfortunately we didn't have enough time in the day and the kids brains were already bursting the so much history.  We decided to head to Rockefeller Center, the kids really wanted to ice skate.  We realized once we arrived that the ice skating rink wasn't set up yet, but we explored and found the Today show.  The kids thought that was pretty cool.  

We checked out the Apple Store, which was pretty cool then headed to visit our friends Chuck and Jen for dinner.  Chuck and John were roommates at OCS together and have been good buddies since then.  Jen is awesome and they now have 2 beautiful babies.  We loved spending time with them and really enjoyed some yummy Indian food. 

As we were walking back to the subway Mac says "I love this city".  Me too Mac........we all love New York!