Hello Blog Fellows,
I have returned from a week of sightseeing and attending national tourist attractions. Last Monday I needed to pick Gary up at the Hartford airport in the evening, so I spent the day buying a new pair of comfortable, yet stylish shoes and walking for five hours at Historic Deerfield, a mid 1700's town with many buildings and museums open to the public. Guess what? Even though the shoes felt comfy, they shredded my feet just in time for five days of walking. New shoes will do that.
I made sure to get to Hartford airport in time to pick up Gary and we stayed the night in nearby Windsor. Then, we caught an Amtrak train first thing in the morning to New York City. Here is the view from our hotel window right above Times Square.
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| We spent the first evening on a bay cruise that went all around Manhattan . |
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| View from Empire State Building |
The next day we toured the Empire State Building and then walked back to our hotel in the rain to clean up for our evening on Broadway. We went to the 7:00 showing of
Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. We followed it up with a light dinner at a nearby pub and a yummy decadent pastry at an outdoor table in the middle of Times Square.
Thursday we headed for a subway ride south, where we took a ferry to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. After satisfying tours of both and a stop at a beer garden we walked on to the financial district, and the oldest wharf area in NYC, which now is shopping and restaurants, but there was some old cobblestone to walk on while getting into the nearest pub. We went to Ground Zero, but only saw the new towers under construction as you had to have tickets to get into the memorial. It didn't cost anything, but tickets were assigned in advance. Another time. Hopefully, the memorial will open up to the general public in the future when the towers are finished.
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| Ship restoration project at the old wharf area. |
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| Tune in later in the week to find out if he indeed ate the pastry. |
Thursday we headed for a subway ride south, where we took a ferry to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. After satisfying tours of both and a stop at a beer garden we walked on to the financial district, and the oldest wharf area in NYC, which now is shopping and restaurants, but there was some old cobblestone to walk on while getting into the nearest pub. We went to Ground Zero, but only saw the new towers under construction as you had to have tickets to get into the memorial. It didn't cost anything, but tickets were assigned in advance. Another time. Hopefully, the memorial will open up to the general public in the future when the towers are finished. 
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