A New York City Day

What a great day we had today!  It started with a walk toTimes Square for some shopping followed by a hot corned beef lunch at a New York deli. Here's a picture of where they drop the ball each New Year's Eve. We even got to see New York's Finest in action as there was a bomb scare at 42nd at Broadway. After lunch we headed for the subway and on to the World Trade Center.

Since we had extra time before our scheduled visit to the World Trade Center Observatory, we headed to the Memorial Pools.  One photo cannot capture the immensity of these pools so here is a short video panning the North pool.  These are are same size as the footprint of the fallen buildings, and the names of those lost in the attack are enscribed around the pools..

After that we headed up to the top of the World Trade Center.  The trip up is quite intriguing since they show what the surrounding area looked like starting in 1624 to the present, as you rise over 1000' to the 102nd floor. It is quite a view from up there!

The memorial museum was very somber. This is a photo of one of the crushed fire trucks from a company that was climbing the North Tower when it collapsed.  After we left the building, some NY Fire Department bagpipers came out and started playing. It was nice ending to our visit.

We came back to our hotel to rest our feet (my Android tells me I walked over 11,000 steps so far today!) and will soon head out for supper then to see the musical Aladdin.  Here's Mary at the theater when we bought tickets this morning.
Quite the New York City Day...