New York - Day Four (Final Day)

Day four brought about a bit of a burn...  It was a scorcher here in New York!

We visited the Statue of Liberty, Central Park and took a bus tour of the uptown area, which included the Yankee Stadium.

Statue of Liberty



The duo on the ferry to Liberty Island

View from the ferry

The duo on Liberty Island listening to the audio tour

View of Ellis Island from the Ferry

Ellis Island view from the Ferry

Bus Tour / Central Park



The entrance where John Lennon was shot

View of the Yankee Stadium

And Finally...

Whilst on 7th Avenue in New York we spotted a name that was familiar to those on Jersey...

Somebody must be moving into a side line...

We're off to Washington tomorrow - a 4 hour car ride awaits...

New York - Day Three

Day three arrived and we were out for 8 hours - we went on a bus tour, saw the 9/11 memorial site, went to the 9/11 museum, visited the Brooklyn Bridge and the Wall Street financial district...

Bus Tour

Here they are, listening to the bus tour audio

 

 

9/11 Memorial

 

 

First stop off the tour bus was at Ground Zero.

 

Freedom Tower, currently under construction

One of two waterfalls/fountains on the site of the two towers, each of which includes names of those who lost their lives



Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange:

Brooklyn Bridge

Here they are again, this time with a view by the Brooklyn Bridge

The view from on the bridge

View from the bridge

The walkway on the bridge

Another view

United Nations

Finally, the bus tour took us past the United Nations...



The view of the United Nations Buildings, the flags are out because there was a meeting held today

New York - Day Two

Day Two arrived and it was a busy one - much akin to the city itself...

Today we visited the Top of the Rock, Central Park and Madame Tussauds...

Top of the Rock at the Rockafeller Center

We started the day with awesome views over the city from the Rockafeller Center:

 

 



 Central Park

We then went for a bike ride around central park - a long way (6 miles) in the heat of the day...

 

Madame Tussauds

Our final stop of the day was Madame Tussauds, in our first picture Dave is with is a look-a-like, Brad Pitt...

Me with SponbeBob, although not quite sure why he was included in a wax museum as he was made of plastic...

 Dave getting manhandled by the Hulk

A further series of pictures from Madam Tussards can be seen in the next post...



And so it begins...

So, the fruition of months of planning all comes good at last! Following an epic 13 hour travelling, we arrived in New York to discover the awesome view of the Empire State Building from our hotel window (on the 17th floor)...

 

And the view is improved somewhat by the addition of 2 stallions:

 

Empire State Building

 

Wow what a view!!!



 And another.

 Surely the best view has to be tis handsome chap though!!!

 And this one, Matt unfortunately has a rare disease whereby he cant remove his sunglasses or his retina's will get burnt out.

 Good view of Macys from the Empire State Building.

 

Grand Central Station

 Times Square

Toys-R-Us

Random life-size T-Rex model within one of the stores......only in America.