Wednesday, September 30, 2009

New York City



The Big Apple! We found this to be one city you have to experience to even remotely begin to comprehend. It’s been fun being on sensory overload the last two days!

We arrived north of the city on Saturday night (Sept 20th) and decided to stay in a hotel for our time here. We felt it was worth it to have good nights rests and hot breakfasts. A hotel room feels pretty spacious after the motorhome.

Sunday morning we went to a Baptist church here in Nanuet and it was good to worship and reflect. We all were tired and needed a day of rest so just stayed at the hotel, watched TV, worked on the blog, played games – it was wonderful.

Monday morning we drove into the city. Manhattan is so huge -- compared to Philadelphia, D.C. or Seattle – the downtown area is so much bigger. It just goes and goes and goes. High-rise after sky-scraping high-rise. The cabs, subways, noise, people, smells, lights – when you stand on a street corner and realize that everything you are seeing and sensing is being multiplied on hundreds of other street corners within the same downtown area, you have this feeling that it’s like a huge, multi-tiered anthill that never stops moving, crawling, producing, expending energy. We experienced Times Square on Monday and Tuesday nights and it was as bright as day and teeming with shoppers, business people and partiers. Hard to express what this city is like.

Some of our New York highlights – the Statue of Liberty and the beautiful views of the city from her pedestal; New York pizza; viewing the Twin Towers site and the Firefighter memorial at Station 10; Times Square at night; a picnic and carriage ride in Central Park; riding the NY subway and double-decker bus; sausage dogs from a sidewalk cart; watching outdoor chess and backgammon games; walking down Wall Street and shopping at Macy’s. Regrettably, we did not get to see a play – maybe next time.




Macy's, Empire State Bldg. and Wall Street



Times Square and our carriage ride in Central Park



NY Dogs and chess




Engine 10 and Ground Zero


Just kicking back for a day

4 comments:

  1. Wow! NY City!!! That's awesome! Terrific Pics! We sure miss you all! Stay safe on the roads ~ Always in our Prayers, The Caplans

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  2. Great descriptions - I feel like I've been there (almost.) Looks - and sounds - like you really got the feel of the City.

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  3. Hi there!

    Sounds like you are having a great time. We miss you and hope you will be back soon. This has been such a great trip for you. Finally found out how to get into your blog.

    Joan

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  4. Love the blog! From your map it looks like you went through my hometown...Bloomington IL! I hope you have had the best time on your LONG trip!:)

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