Small note to myself - all photos in New York are three hours out (up until Sunday night) because I forgot to change the time on the camera. Oops.
Had a long day today. Last night we stayed up very late (1:30am) watching a double episode of Star Trek Next Gen (Unification I and II).
Got up at 7:20 so we could make it down to Battery Park by 9:30. Caught the ferry over to the Statue of Liberty which gives you a great view of the city. Even though we were on the second or third ferry of the day, it still took well over an hour to get up to the crown.
Statue of Liberty
New York City from Liberty Island Ferry
Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty and New York City
Silhouette of Statue of Liberty
Had to wait quite a while to get up - the line moves *extremelly* slowly up the stairs - you certainly don't get exhausted going up! The windows in the crown are *tiny* - they're much smaller than I thought they would be.
Looking up the staircase inside Statue of Liberty
New York City from the crown of the Statue of Liberty
Inside the crown of the Statue of Liberty
Sizes of the windows in the crown of the Statue of Liberty
After coming down we wandered about the island before catching the ferry back. Decided not to stop off at Ellis Island - maybe another time.
Ellis Island
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Liberty Island
Upper New York Bay, and Verazzano Narrows Bridge to Staten Island
Statue of Liberty
Old flame of the Statue of Liberty before renovation
Model of the interior of the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty
Back on Manhattan we got back on one of the Big Apple Tours tour buses and did a 2-3 hour tour of Brooklyn etc. I sat outside to get better photos but it was *freezing*!
Municipal Building with gold statue on top
Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade at entrance to Manhattan Bridge
Lower Manhattan looking down Madison St from Manhattan Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan Bridge
Lower Manhattan from Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan Bridge from the tour bus
Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn
Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower in Brooklyn
Horse-drawn carriage in Brooklyn
Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
Residential buildings in Brooklyn
Sadly there was no practical way for me to geotag this
Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn
Williamsburg Bridge from Manhattan Bridge
Chrysler Building
It was almost dark by the time we got back (4:45pm) and we were starving! (no breakfast and not much lunch - just a $2 hot dog), so we had some food.
Then we walked down to Times Square where I took some photos.
Times Square at night, looking south
Times Square at night
Times Square at night, looking north
Times Square at night, looking north
Times Square at night, looking north
Times Square at night
Times Square at night, looking south
Times Square at night
I was amazed how many big production shows are running at any given time in New York. In Sydney you might only get one or two at a time. Here there's probably at least ten!
Another crazy thing about New York is there's no alley ways in the main grid bit of the city. So all the rubbish for all of the stores just gets dumped out on the footpaths. Makes the place really dirty and untidy looking.
Then headed back to the hotel. On the way back we happened to be outside the theatre that David Hasselhoff was performing at - and he was there signing autographs! Talk about being at the right place at the right time! Got a couple of snaps - not very good.
David Hasselhoff signing autographs
He was in a play "Jekyll and Hyde" at the Plymouth Theatre and we just happened to be walking past when he was there
David Hasselhoff
By this time it was 6:15pm but I did not feel like just watching tv all night, so dropped into a theatre playing Rocky Horror show - and got a ticket! A $30 ticket right on the side - but the theatre was very small so it was actually quite a good seat. The show was very well done. And I had to resist the urge to grope Rocky's butt when he was standing *right next to me* !
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