Day #5 We headed back to the Big Apple and picked up our guide “Frances” for a whirlwind tour of Manhattan. We saw the buildings where many celebrities live including The Dakota where John Lennon was killed.
We visited Ground Zero to see where it all went down. It has changed a lot the last few years, as the first several floors of the Freedom Tower has already been built.
We had lunch at the world famous Nathan’s Hot Dogs. By far the best hot dog…ever!
We toured the Museum of natural History for an hour or so, looking for the world’s largest diamond, but never found it. It is allegedly worth $50 Million.
We ate dinner at Bubba Gump’s in Time Square. Unbelievable amount of humanity at Time Square. It was cold and nasty with wind and rain, still thousands of people hustling up and down the street. Fitting 170 of us inside Bubba Gump’s was a nice trick, too.
After dinner, we went to the Empire State Building. With the weather we had, it was zero visibility. Still very cool! You could barely make out the streets and buildings below. The wind was incredible, I guessed it was near 60 MPH, blowing mist and rain. I will try to upload some video when I get home. The wind currents were ripping around the building creating visible eddies…very cool!
Tomorrow we are off to Ellis and Liberty Island.
We toured the Museum of natural History for an hour or so, looking for the world’s largest diamond, but never found it. It is allegedly worth $50 Million.
We ate dinner at Bubba Gump’s in Time Square. Unbelievable amount of humanity at Time Square. It was cold and nasty with wind and rain, still thousands of people hustling up and down the street. Fitting 170 of us inside Bubba Gump’s was a nice trick, too.
After dinner, we went to the Empire State Building. With the weather we had, it was zero visibility. Still very cool! You could barely make out the streets and buildings below. The wind was incredible, I guessed it was near 60 MPH, blowing mist and rain. I will try to upload some video when I get home. The wind currents were ripping around the building creating visible eddies…very cool!
Tomorrow we are off to Ellis and Liberty Island.
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Lots of talk of food. Making me hungry. If you get a min, go to the BBC site. Its awfully quiet, and we'd like your opinion on the urban fishing in NYC. Mike I has a show on VS that is similar.
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