The Pictures are:
1. Our guide at Ground Zero outside the firehouse that was nearest the World T
rade Center.
2. Lunch at the Blarney Stone Pub.
3. Our first seat was in this crowd on the concrete.
4. Our final seat on top of the boat dock. We were nearer the fireworks than anyone!
5. Time Square after the fireworks. This is at the entrance to the Marriott.
Well the day started out a little slower than yesterday. Ed got up and had breakfast and they we both left and went to the Flea Market in Hell’s Kitchen. It was interesting, but we didn’t buy anything.
Then we hopped a cab to go to Ground Zero. We took a tour from the official World Trade Center site office and our tour guide had been in Tower #1 when the first plane hit the 93rd floor. He was on the 82nd floor and his tale of getting out was very emotional.
After the tour, we went to a pub that the tour guide had recommended and Barb had huge pastrami and Ed had a roast beef and they were very good.
We then went to Chinatown and Barb bought a purse and a couple of other items.
Then onto the subway and to Rockefeller Center when we went to the Top of the Rock and the view from the top was breathtaking and the weather was perfect. We met an actor who was in a play, The Heights, on Broadway. We had fun talking about New York on the long subway ride from lower Manhattan to Mid Town.
At 6:30pm we headed for the Hudson River to join “millions” of our friends and
watch the fireworks. It was totally unlike Chicago last year. Security was very tight and there were police at each entrance to 12th street, which was the river road. We squeezed into a space on the concrete and then got very lucky. Ed had talked to a security person who was guarding the entrance to a Circle Lines boat dock and a ½ hour when Ed went back, he said that they had a couple of tickets left for the second story of the boat dock. There was no question that it was the best place to see the fireworks.
The fireworks started at 9:30pm and they went for 30 minutes – they shot off 1,000 fireworks a minute from a total of 6 barges in the Hudson. Unbelievable – they said that it was the
largest display of 4th of July fireworks in the United States!
It then took us 45 minutes to walk from the pier to the hotel and every street was closed to traffic – what a mass of people.
Into the room and it is now time for sleep – a fun day.
1. Our guide at Ground Zero outside the firehouse that was nearest the World T
rade Center.2. Lunch at the Blarney Stone Pub.
3. Our first seat was in this crowd on the concrete.
4. Our final seat on top of the boat dock. We were nearer the fireworks than anyone!
5. Time Square after the fireworks. This is at the entrance to the Marriott.
Well the day started out a little slower than yesterday. Ed got up and had breakfast and they we both left and went to the Flea Market in Hell’s Kitchen. It was interesting, but we didn’t buy anything.
Then we hopped a cab to go to Ground Zero. We took a tour from the official World Trade Center site office and our tour guide had been in Tower #1 when the first plane hit the 93rd floor. He was on the 82nd floor and his tale of getting out was very emotional.
After the tour, we went to a pub that the tour guide had recommended and Barb had huge pastrami and Ed had a roast beef and they were very good.
We then went to Chinatown and Barb bought a purse and a couple of other items.
Then onto the subway and to Rockefeller Center when we went to the Top of the Rock and the view from the top was breathtaking and the weather was perfect. We met an actor who was in a play, The Heights, on Broadway. We had fun talking about New York on the long subway ride from lower Manhattan to Mid Town.
At 6:30pm we headed for the Hudson River to join “millions” of our friends and
watch the fireworks. It was totally unlike Chicago last year. Security was very tight and there were police at each entrance to 12th street, which was the river road. We squeezed into a space on the concrete and then got very lucky. Ed had talked to a security person who was guarding the entrance to a Circle Lines boat dock and a ½ hour when Ed went back, he said that they had a couple of tickets left for the second story of the boat dock. There was no question that it was the best place to see the fireworks.The fireworks started at 9:30pm and they went for 30 minutes – they shot off 1,000 fireworks a minute from a total of 6 barges in the Hudson. Unbelievable – they said that it was the
largest display of 4th of July fireworks in the United States!It then took us 45 minutes to walk from the pier to the hotel and every street was closed to traffic – what a mass of people.
Into the room and it is now time for sleep – a fun day.
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