Day 5--NY to IRL

Breakfast at Starbucks at 8:00am then walked over to Waldorf Hotel to catch the Gray Line Double Decker Downtown Bus. Got to go all over the downtown area, by Times Square, Central Park, the Neon Signs (Broadway?), then got off at Battery Park where you can embark to see the Stature of Liberty. We opted to buy tickets for the Harbor Tour for $10 because it is not possible to go up in the Statue since 9/11 (*Note: They reopened entry into the base and her calf on August 3rd). The Harbor Tour took us by Ellis Island, the Stature of Liberty, Staten Island, Long Island, under the Brooklyn Bridge, and under the Manhattan Bridge. Lots of good photo ops on the Harbor Tour. Went back to Battery Park and walked about 6 blocks over to Ground Zero/ the Twin Towers site. Walked back to City Hall and caught the bus, which took us back to Battery Park (the midpoint on the tour). Got off our bus and went to the one at the front of the line since it was leaving sooner. Rode back through the Lower East Side, by the UN Building and back to the Waldorf, just a block from the hotel. Ate lunch at Raffle’s (on the ground floor of the Radisson) then went to catch the shuttle to JFK airport. Made it there with plenty of time before our 9:00pm flight. Found a really cool book called 360 degree New York with some great photography. Daniel and I have been buying books on vacations since our Honeymoon. Boarded the plane and managed to stay awake for a while, then slept most of the way to London Heathrow.