hair by nat: Day 5 of NYC Aug. 24,2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Day 5 of NYC Aug. 24,2010

Well today was a good day and an early day! We got tickets for the first ferry over to Liberty Island. 8:00am is when we had to be there. So wake up and get ready and there made it for an early day. We were praying that it wouldn't be raining while we were there. Well God was listening to our prayers because it didn't rain on us while we were there, even though it looked like it was going to rain any moment. Well when we were on the ferry coming back it started raining. Thanks for the answer to prayers. We were about to really enjoy ourselves on Liberty Island. We got to take a lot of pictures as you will see and it was so fun to finally meet Lady Liberty in person. She really is a Work of Art!!! WOW!! It's weird to try to image her shiny like a copper penny like she was when she was first made. I think the green transformation actually looks really cool and make her stand out better. After Liberty Island we went to the financial district and saw the Big Bull. After that we went to Chinatown for our first bit to eat there. We asked some guy where the best Dim Sum was at. He showed us his favorite place Mandarin Court. We checked out. Now I have never had Dim Sum but pretty much anyone that has been to China says you have to try it. Well that is what we did. We had now idea it would be the adventure it turned out to be. So this Chinese lady with a chart came up to us and asked us what we wanted to eat by lifting up these covered plates and putting the right in front of us on our table. She proceeded to speak one word English words like(Pork, Chicken,Veggie) but it all sounded like Chinese to me. So we asked a nice American couple sitting across from us what to get. There was no understanding this lady. I guess that is what you get for eating in Chinatown. Well the food was pretty good. My favorite was the big white noodle thing with chicken inside and a yummy sweet and salty sauce. I didn't like the veggie flavored Dim Sum. After this weird yet cool experience we did some shopping on Canal street. We after that went where the twin towers stood and saw nothing but construction. I am glad they are rebuilding a memorial. Wow!! Sept.11,2001 was a crazy day for NYC. I can't even image what it was like. In Battery Park there is a figure that stood in front of the twin towers all torn up as a memorial and a never ending flame. Also in that park we saw a cool statue of fallen soldiers. We then decided to ride bikes across the Brooklyn bridge since it stopped raining finally. That was a great work out. It was nice that the bridge had a bike lane and a walking lane. I was trying to this how we were going to swerve in and out of all the people on the bridge but we didn't have to because we had our own bike lane. Great Idea! I tell you ridding bikes across it was a great idea. It didn't take as long to get across and back. When we got to the Brooklyn side we took pics at new little park they have there and we got ice cream at the Brooklyn Creamery. YUM!! The best flavor we vanilla with chocolate chunks. Then we rode back and headed to the Shake Shack for dinner. YUMMO!! It is a really green, clean burger/shake shop. It was delish. It's a popular place to eat. We had a hard time getting a seat. We actually sat at a 4 chair table with a lady and her 10yr old son. We talked to them and it was fun. They were very nice. The little boy had so much personality. It was fun to talk to them. After that we went to Rockefeller Building and saw the flags and lights and water fall at night. It was a lot of fun. We walked all the way home this night because it wasn't too far away. Another fun day!!!