One of Dan’s good friend’s at work was getting married in New Jersey and we thought that would be a good excuse to go to New York City and Philadelphia. We stayed on Manhattan Island near Time Square and we had an absolute blast.
Here we are the day we got in New York. We checked into our hotel and hit the streets . . . . However we forgot our camera at home so the first thing we did was buy a camera so that we could take all these wonderful pictures.
We got pretty hungry as we started walking around so we stopped at little Thai Restaurant for dinner. It was pretty yummy!!
We walked to Central Park, but it was pretty dark so we decided to just stop for a little while at the southern part and then headed towards Rockefeller Center.
But. . . we were tempted by the look of the pretty cupcakes at a little shop so we stopped for some dessert, a coconut cupcake.
We found Rockefeller Center so we headed for the elevator to get a view of the city from above.
The Empire State Building was lit with green lights in celebration of something about trees . . . ?? Can’t remember exactly.
The next morning we walked to the harbor and took a 2 hour semi-circle harbor tour around Manhattan to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We didn’t make it on the two smaller islands. . . that will have to be on the next trip.
The cruise was pretty cool and it was fun to see the island from the water versus the street where you had to look up to see anything. Except . . .
. . . we had this “brick wall” sitting between us and the island for the first half of the tour so it was kind of hard to take some pictures.
Luckily he finally moved!
Behind me is Ellis Island.
You’ll have to pardon the hair, it was a little windy.
The Statue of Liberty
We walked back to Central Park after the Harbor tour. On the way we stopped and had street food . . . a yummy gyro. We met some of Dan’s friends/co-workers and their wives and then took the subway down to Little Italy for some pizza at Lombardi’s. That pizza was the best I think I’ve ever had!! Fresh tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, Yum! Yum!
Then off to the Museum of Modern Art. Guess the artist. . . . Yep Picasso!
Can’t forget about the famous Campbell’s Soup Cans . . .
Yew! Time for a break at Bryant Park. This was really close to our hotel and a nice place to relax.
Ahh, how romantic!! They’re at the top of the Empire State Building. Looks like they got a little too much sun on their Harbor Cruise/Tour!!
Off to Philadelphia
We left New York City on Saturday morning on the Amtrak. Once we got into Philadelphia we took the subway to the airport and rented a car to get to our hotel and the wedding the next day.
In Philadlephia we didn’t do a whole lot but we did go to Independence Hall and see the Liberty Bell.
Dan outside of Independence Hall.
The Liberty Bell
We couldn’t leave Philadelphia without eating a Philly Cheesesteak. We actually ate them twice during out stay. They were a little greasy, but tasty!
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