Sasha entertaining herself with a gift from our former landlord, who told her to open it after she got on the train. It was a great gift! She's drawing what she thinks New York city will look like:
She entertained herself for a while longer before falling asleep.
She had been up practically all night the previous night with a tummy flu... :(
Four hours later we arrived in New York. Here's James checking out the very tall buildings through the window of our taxi!
Barry and Kathy were scheduled to arrive soon after, but their flight got delayed due to bad weather. We decided to walk around Central Park:
And then went up to the top of the Empire State Building! Here we are climbing the stairs (we opted to climb the last several floors rather than wait in long lines for the elevator)
Amazing views!
The next day we went on a three-hour cruise that took us along the New York Harbor, circled around the Statue of Liberty, and past the beautiful city skyline. Even though I was up and about a lot of the time with Sasha, I was impressed by the amount of information given to us by our tour guide, who shared a lot of the history of the area as well as other interesting tidbits.
After some lunch and a long nap for Sasha, we walked to FAO Shwarz, a huge toy store on 5th Avenue. Surprisingly, there were no interesting toys. It was more interesting to walk through the store, walk on the enormous floor piano,
Try on the endless varieties of hats,
And check out the amazing lego creations!
Hanging out at the hotel:
Heading out in the morning for breakfast
Stop-over at Starbucks:
On our way to visit Ground Zero:
This is where the Twin Towers used to stand:
We visited a Twin Towers memorial center where they had pictures of the victims, stories from eye-witnesses and families, pieces of the building and even a window from one of the planes. It was very emotional to see these things, and to try to explain it to Sasha.
I will post the rest of the trip tomorrow...
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