Parents trip in US : Part 5

17 11 2007

May 26: New York, here we come!

New York was great! I bought a 3 days New York Pass. This is so that we would not he hesitant to enter/go to a place. Since we have already paid for the pass, we will try to go to as many places as possible :) Really enjoyed NY. Walked a lot!

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Day 1

Planet Hollywood

Madame Tussauds

Times Square

Day 2

Ground Zero

Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

Empire State Building

Musuem of Sex

Grand Central

Chinatown

Little Italy

Soho

Day 3

Financial District

Trump Building

New York Stock Exchange

Wall Street

Rockefeller Center

Radio City Tour

NBC Experience ( wanted to go for the tour, but the earliest slot available was too late :( )

Museum of Television and Radio ( too bad it was closed)

Musuem of Modern Arts : MoMA

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StatueOfLiberty

~Statue of Liberty~

Presented to US by France in 1886

EllisIsland

~Ellis Island~

From Jan 1, 1882 to Nov 2, 1954 this is the main entry place for immigrants

PlanetHollywood TimeSquare
First Stop: to collect New York Pass Nice
LoveLy FeelLikeAStar
Angelina Jolie wax figure replaced Jennifer Aniston.
Aniston wax figure is about one meter away from the
couple. Quite a lot of effort was spent to detach the
wax figures of Brad Pit and Jennifer Aniston.
Feel like a STAR
EmpireStateBuilding NYSE
Empire State Building in the background New York Stock Exchange
Rockettes GrandCentral
Radio City Tour. With a real Rockettes Grand Central

 

I wished we had stayed there for an extra day. I really wanted to go to NBC tour, Rockefeller Tour and also UN.