{"id":5660,"date":"2013-07-15T21:35:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T03:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=5660"},"modified":"2017-06-30T22:28:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T04:28:30","slug":"tr-new-york-city-part-2-3-july-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/tr-new-york-city-part-2-3-july-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: New York City, part 2 (3 July 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our second day in New York was spent exploring more of Manhattan and Brooklyn. We headed south on the subway and got off at Battery Park.<\/p>\n

I finally got to see the Statue of Liberty from the ground, instead of an airplane.
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We worked our way east and then north along the harbor to North Cove. Oh, how we wish to own a boat like this \ud83d\ude42
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There we gazed upon the newly built 1 World Trade Center. As of May 10, it is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, at 1776 feet. Yes, the number of feet was done on purpose!
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The One World Trade Center, which some people call the Freedom Tower, is built on top of part of the old World Trade Center site. A 9\/11 memorial is under construction just south of this 104-story building.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral lies just south of the fallen World Trade Center. It was along the gates of this Cathedral that, during the 911 tragedy, a temporary memorial was formed. This cathedral was established in 1766 and is Manhattan’s oldest public building in continuous use.
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Then, we made our way over toward the Brooklyn Bridge, admiring older construction along the way.
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The Brooklyn Bridge was overwhelmingly crowded at first.
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We rented bikes to go all the way across the bridge.
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Looking back towards Manhattan.
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A sign posted on the establishment of the bridge.
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Looking over toward Manhattan Bridge.
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We continued riding around Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn was very very nice…. and much quieter than Manhattan.
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The Brooklyn Bridge from a different perspective.
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We then hopped on a subway to the East Village. It began to pour rain. And the rain lasted for a couple of hours, seemingly unrelentless. We gave it, and did what New Yorkers do. We bought umbrellas \ud83d\ude42
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While it finished raining, we ate Indian Food.
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And then the clouds parted, and there was sun. Lots of sun.
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But it was getting late in the day, and we had a train to catch to Connecticut. So, to Grand Central Station we went.
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The Grand Central Station is celebrating it’s 100th year since its GRAND opening!
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We took the Metro North to New Haven. From there, we hopped on the Shoreline East to Madison.
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And there begins another chapter in our east coast travels….<\/p>\n

View other Blog Posts from this Trip:<\/strong>
\nSea Kayaking<\/a>
\nMadison, CT<\/a>
\nMystic Seaport<\/a>
\nNYC, Part 2<\/a>
\nNYC, part 1<\/a><\/p>\n