We were up and ready at 9.30am and made our way to Blooms. We had another great and filling breakfast before having a walk to the Empire State Building. It was really hot today, not a good day to be stuck at the top of a building 86 Floors up. We used our Tour Bus tickets cos we got to use the Express Lane .... no queuing !!
We had to get in a lift to the 80th Floor. Its weird being in a lift that goes up that far, it’s quite fast too! We had to get out on the 80th and then either wait for lift for the next 6 floors or just walk up the stairs. The queue was massive for the lift so we took the stairs. It was red hot in there and we all just made it up. It was worth it though, the view is amazing. It was heaving outside and red hot. After a lap round the outside we tried to find the shade and took in the view. You can see for miles, even seeing the Statue of Liberty and the bridges. Mam was fine up there which was good, even getting close to the barrier. We got some good photos looking down over the city.
We had to wait for the lift for the 6 floors as they’d closed the stairs due to the heat. We didn’t wait long though. We had a little walk through the gift shop before taking the lift down to the ground floor.
We walked out to the street and waited for the bus outside. We weren’t on it for long though cos we got off at Little Italy. We decided we wanted to taste the lovely food that we’d heard so much about. We ended up at a pizza place and had a really nice and very cheap lunch. Leaving there stuffed we decided to catch the bus back to Battery Park to see if we could see the Statue of Liberty.
We got off at Wall Street, passing by the famous Wall street Bull. With our bus tickets we got a free ferry ride to Liberty Island but we’d just missed the last one for the day. Didn’t matter cos we just caught the FREE Statten Island Ferry across the Hudson. It goes quite close to Liberty, luckily we’d got on the right side for the crossing and got some great photos of her and the New York Skyline. It really was a hot day. Once the ferry got to Statten Island we all had to get off and reboard to get back on. Again we got the right side and got to see Liberty again. Such a good view for free too.
We had to wait ages for another bus but got on eventually and headed back to Times Square. We popped into Walgreens for some bits and bumped into Louise, Simon and Leah (Lisa’s Sister, Brother-In-Law and Niece). They had just landed after a long flight and were so tired. Ben had spotted Louise first saying that he’d just seen a girl that looked like Lisa ....... yeah she should it’s her Sister!!) So bizarre just bumping into them all like that.
We had a little walk around Times Square before calling into Jacks. We were proper regulars in there now and the staff really looked after you (if you tipped them!). We even got to meet the boss man tonight who proved well ....... we left our camera behind and came after us to tell us ..... whoops indeed!!
We even called off into the English Pub on the way .... well it was only 3 doors down from the hotel. Ben and Dad even got to enjoy a Fosters !!!
Another awesome day !!!
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