Thursday-New York City

We booked a tour of NYC

They pick us up at 8am(middle of the night)

The first thing we see as we approach NYC is New Jersey

The next is a wall they are going to build in New Jersey which shows were the Twin Towers were on the  skyline.The left one lines up with the North Tower  and the right one with the South.

We are getting on the Ferry for Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty

This is the train station in New Jersey where all the immigrants to the USA were distributed from.

From the ferry you get a view of the New York skyline

Ellis Island is where all the New Americans were scrutinized  before entry

Then there she was.After we landed we thought we would enter the monument but NOOO
You have to make reservations at least a week in advance.

The New York Skyline from the Statue Very impressive

Then it is through the Holland Tunnel

3 miles long and 25 feet under the 

Hudson River

By the Brooklyn Bridge

Next thing you know it's Ground Zero

The Fire Company where nobody survived 911

Then the cross

This is the last remaining piece of steel from the Twin Towers.The rest was made int 3 US Navy ships

The piece on top of the cross is from one of the planes

Then the church

Yes I did go inside.

This is the last of the buildings that has to come down.It's too late to implode it so they are taking it down one piece at a time.(apparently to the tune of over $200 Mil)

Then it's times Square

Wow! amazing. Something like Vegas only all the gambling here was done on Wall Street with our money.

Next it was Central Park. 900 acres of park in the middle of Manhattan

sorry - Pictures did not work

Finally the famous Tavern on the Green.