RamFamInNOVA: Memorial

Thursday, February 26, 2009

NYC, as promised

It was so long ago that I promised this vacation story. Sorry! Life Happens. Warning: Picture intensive!

After arriving at Liberty State Park in New Jersey, we headed to board our ferry to the Statue of Liberty (as previously pictured.) We enjoyed a views of Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge.

After checking into our cheap hotel, we drove into the city, parked, and hopped on the subway to Grand Central Terminal.

The lightening wasn't great for inside pictures, but here's the outside view.

Next door to GCT was the Chrysler Building.

After pizza and some really quite good shrimp fajitas, we crashed back at the hotel.

The next morning we drove back into the city, parked for free on the street (we'd paid $20 the day before just to park), and walked to Mass. Along the way we passed the Radio City Music Hall and Rockefeller Center.

We celebrated Mass at the very beautiful St. Patrick's Cathedral.

After Mass we eat a delicious bagel at Ess A Bagel. Then walked to Central Park. The weather was really quite nice so the kids we're able to play (around the melting ice, of course.)

After this we were pretty well exhausted, so we headed home. We drove by Times Square and saw Elmo and Spiderman on the street. We also saw Wall Street and its famous bull, Trinity Church where Alexander Hamilton is buried, and Ground Zero.

The kids' favorite parts were 'the ferry, the tunnel, the subway, and maybe Statue of Liberty.' Go figure.

I guess I'll make the above 10+ things to be thatnkful for! So , where have you been recently? Any exciting plans for this weekend? There's a rumor that our prodigal son is to return!!!!