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Last week I had the opportunity to travel with my parents to New York City, and had a great time playing tourist in the city! I thought I’d share a bit of the city with you! When we landed we headed immediately to the September 11th memorial and museum. If you’re a long time reader of the blog, you might remember that I went to the site back in 2012, but the museum wasn’t open yet, so this was my first time seeing it. It was absolutely incredible, deeply moving, and heart breaking, and absolutely well worth the time and money to see it.
This is below ground right next to the footprint of one of the old towers.
The new WTC building completed
We walked through Times Square, Broadway, Central Park (I’ll be sharing more about that in a future blog post!), and the Body Worlds exhibit (pretty cool but I had to mentally work at checking out of the fact that these were once living people whom others love and care for… it disturbed me too much if I really thought about it). I got my first opportunity to eat at Shake Shack, which was delicious!
I saw Wicked on Broadway and was so overjoyed.
I drank coffee every morning from a nearby coffee shop and enjoyed pastries from a cute Parisian shop around the corner.
truth.
I ended every evening with sticky rice and mango from a little place called “Little Thai Kitchen” around the corner from the hotel I stayed at.
I had a great time getting to see the Statue of Liberty! We took the ferry from Battery Park to the Island, and spent a few hours there walking around. I saw some fantastic views of the Manhattan skyline as well.
I was amazed how much detail I could see from the ground. It was really impressive.
NYC skyline
Then we headed off to Ellis Island. Most of the museum there was pretty mediocre to me, but I did really enjoy seeing the processing room. It’s amazing to think of how many people sat there, hoping deeply for a better life, and hoping with everything in them that they would be allowed into the US.
And I went to the Today show as well! It was so interesting to see some of the “behind the scenes” things there! I watch the Today show most mornings during the week, so it was fun to stand there and get to see the hosts!
I’ll do a few posts on some specific things about this trip, but wanted to do a quick overview with some pictures for all of you to see! I had such a great time in the city and loved my time there. We got up early and didn’t eat dinner until late, so I came home pretty tired, but that’s the way I enjoy vacations 🙂
Now it’s your turn to share! If you’ve been to NYC before, what’s your favorite thing you’ve seen or done there?
I live 2 hours from NYC and I’ve only been three times, never overnight! Actually, I went to Ellis Island in 8th grade, so I guess that counts, too. My brother recently got a job in Manhattan and lives outside the city, so I have a feeling I will be visiting more often now. I think my favorite trip so far was to spectate the NYC Marathon in 2013. We didn’t do much other than watch the race but it was a lot of fun to cheer on fellow runners!
I would absolutely love to spectate the marathon one year!!
New York = MY FAVORITE. My heart. I love doing the non-touristy stuff, and kind of experiencing more of the “real” New York, although I do end up doing some of the touristy stuff on each trip, too.
If I went again I’d probably do less touristy stuff. What are your favorite non touristy things to do?
I have never been, but it is on my bucket list!!!
Maybe one day you’ll get the chance to race there! 🙂