The 2nd and 3rd days in NYC we took a hop on/off bus tour to get a general look at everything. Yes, I know. Total tourist thing to do, but we found it quite nice. The tour guides were good and we learned a lot of things without having to do the research. Not to mention it was nice to be able and sit and look and not walk it all. Not to say we didn’t do any walking.
Alicia got her picture with one of the lions at the NYC Public Library. Unfortunately, it seemed like all the fun buildings I wanted to photograph were in the midst of reconstruction…blah!
Rockefeller Plaza of course. I hate to admit it, but I am a Today Show junkie. It is the news program I have on in the morning when I’m getting dressed. (No offence to GMA…I just can’t take someone named Juju seriously:), although now that I think about it, I can’t take someone named Hoda seriously…good thing I don’t watch that much.)
After doing the tour once around we started with the Empire State building and then worked our way down to the lower end.
Okay explanation…We had fun on the tour trying to find the bronze statues at the top of random buildings. One guide said it was a temporary art display, we just thought it was funny finding the naked guy looking like he was about to jump. Yeah, so not the thing found around home.
Dan looking out towards the Chrysler Building.
The arch at Washington Square Park….”I Am Legend” anyone? There was an awesome fountain that we were really tempted to jump in. Yep another day of 100+ temperatures.
Looking up Wall Street to Trinity Church.
Alexander Hamilton’s tombstone. I took this only to show one of Alicia's new fascinations…old cemeteries. I was completely enthralled. I could have spent hours wandering around these graves. Boy I sound morbid! It was so interesting looking at the different styles of stones, and wondering about the back story of the people. It is much different looking at a grave from the 1700’s. Not much of that around here.
I loved the facades on these old buildings. They were amazing!!
Our last stop before going to change for our show. Dan had to get a picture for his family.
There we go. Day 2 down, at least the touristy part of it. Total steps: 26,000.
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