New York City Part 2

 

 

The next day we went to the 9/11 Memorial.

To get to see the area, you must have a ticket. There is no cost, but you have to have the ticket which you can order by phone or download and print it off the internet. Then you go through a lot of security, not surprisingly.

This flag, which we saw while on line, contains the names names of all the victims.

this is the new tower. this is the completed smaller tower

there are 2 waterfall features where the 2 towers used to stand. The water falls down the side and then down into the center.

Names are cared around the edges.

It had rained the night before and even though it was dry today, everything was wet, as with tears. Very moving, of course.

We did some more walking around….

lots of traffic and taxis. No one yelled at us.

Lots of interesting buildings:

We walked around Battery Park, where we could see the Statue of Liberty.

We met with my friend from college for dinner at a New York deli, with Dr. Brown’s diet crème soda. Then we walked around Central Park.

Did you notice the castle like building. That is Hunter College here in Manhattan. I wonder if there is a theme.

Then we went back to the hotel and the discovery of the mouse. So we decided we had had enough of NY. Duane had been there before, and so had I. I had forgotten how NOISY the city is. We booked a flight for the next day and left for Grand Junction.

We didn’t know it at the time, but we may have felt like we had to leave so we could get to Grand Junction when we did.