Harbor cruise

Me and my travel pal on the harbor cruise.
The view of Manhattan.

The Manhattan bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge

Miss Liberty at sunset. Beautiful and breathtaking. I was surprised at how close to shore she was. Whenever the Statue of Liberty was talked about I always pictured her out in the harbor away from land - the first land sighting a ship would see but she's actually quite a ways into the harbor. I imagine John's grandparents standing on the deck of the ship that brought them to America and marveling at her. Gertrude told me her mother said everyone on board yelled and screamed with delight at the sight of Lady Liberty.

The Subway!

Ahh the New York Subway system!! What a charming place to meet interesting people!! Actually we had pretty good experiences taking the subway. We learned to follow our tour guide because I never did figure out which ones we were going down and what stop we wanted to get off at. Why did we walk past some and go down others?? Don't have a clue. If I lived there a year, I may not have figured it out. We learned how to swipe our subway cards and get through the sturnstyles in a timely fashion! We learned that there aren't nearly as many homeless people and rats as everyone thinks there are. We only saw one of each! Kind of disappointing!
Swipe your card and go.....

Familiar movie scene? Yup, thank goodness no bad guys with guns though!

Riding the subway is funner with friends! We sure had a good time!

Three months ago I promised you more New York pictures. I guess I've been really busy! Ok probably not THAT busy but I finally got around to uploading more pictures.

"My bags are packed, I'm ready to go".... Good 'ol John Denver really knew how to write a song and it kept floating through my head as we got ready to leave. We flew a Continental Express plane and I was surprised when we boarded to find only one seat on the right side of the plane and two seats across the narrow aisle on the left side. So much for sitting in a cramped space with a stranger! The flight was great going to Newark and we had a lovely stewardess that had a southern accent and a sweet smile. The return flight was another story. We spent a lot of time on the tarmack in Newark waiting for our turn to take off. During the down time, our stewardess took a nap. The twin cities were experiencing severe thunderstorms and as we got closer the turbulence was horrible! The clouds and lightning show were amazing though! The passengers were a bit excited because of the bumpy ride and the spectacular views and we must have made too much of a fuss because at one point, our stewardess appeared in the aisle and glared at us. She was scarier than bouncing around several thousand feet above the ground!

The Shake Shack - home of the best burgers in New York! - was about four blocks from our hotel and is where we had lunch on the first day in the big city. They were awesome and the Shack was located in Madison Square Park, next to the famous Flatiron Building. The wait and line was long but the food was worth it!

See?? Really, really tasty!