We had a long, but very good day today. After breakfast we took the ferry to Manhattan, then walked nearly a mile to Battery Park to catch the ferry to the Statue of Liberty. It was neat to visit this place and we were both a bit amazed we had not done this on earlier NYC visits. We watched an interesting video about how the Statue came about and the challenges of making it. The people of France paid for the statue while Americans designed, built, and paid for the pedestal that it sits on. They assembled the 73,000 copper plates in Paris before taking it apart, crating it, and shipping all 179,000 pounds of copper to the USA. I found the underlaying engineering for the sculpting and framing to be quite fascinating - and all done with pencil and ink drawings.
We then took a ferry to Ellis Island and saw the main building where the immigrants were received and processed. The picture on the right is the main floor with samples of luggage. The picture on the left is Registration Hall. It was fascinating to learn that each immigrant had to be screened for significant diseases by a doctor. Experienced doctors only took roughly 6 seconds each to identify who needed further medical screening.
After Ellis Island we took a ferry back to Battery Park, walked back to pier 11, then took our 5th ferry ride of the day back to the ship. After 13,000 steps, we had had enough. Since lunch consisted of a hot dog on the ferry to Ellis Island, we headed to the buffet for a light snack. Mary was thrilled to see peeled shrimp in the salad bar area. That perked her up!!
We had an enjoyable dinner again this evening, before retiring to our cabin for the night. But as we got back to the room, we noticed the sun setting behind the Statue of Liberty, so we could not resist a round of subset pictures.
Tomorrow is sail away to Bermuda at 8 am.
5 comments:
Wow you saw a lot today. You captured a incredible picture of the sunset by the Statue of Liberty. Beautiful.
Glad you got there today; for me it was a "must see" while in NYC. That picture of the sunset is gorgeous! Hoping for smooth seas for you tomorrow!
Claudia
You sure had a full day! The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are definitely must see attractions. Who needs the Caribbean when you have NYC!
Love your pictures, especially that awesome sunset! Gail
An exciting day for you both , what a great photo of the sunset with the Statue of Liberty , I like .... I'm glad Mary got her Shrimp[Prawns ] . Enjoy your cruise away . Pat
The first time I drove to NYC I was looking forward to seeing the Statue of Liberty so asked a few different pedestrians for directions to which “no clue” was the answer each time so I decided I would turn and go the other direction and what should be right in front of of me? The beautiful Statue in all its glory!
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