Joel and Kristine

Early Sunday morning we woke up for our trip to New York City for the day. It was a cold and overcast morning but we had high hopes the day would get better. We drove from Kristine’s brothers place to Trenton where we caught a train into New York City. Amazingly, this was Kristine’s first ever train ride. For most of the trip I zoned out and listed to my iPod while the rest of the train was entertained by a very excited person in the front of the car who was going to see Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.

As we rolled through New Jersey, I was actually in shock with the amount of filth and trash that was visible along the train tracks. I had never seen anything like it except on TV! Additionally, every square inch of available surface was covered in graffiti as well. Now I understand this is the train tracks but still, it was a bit shocking. When we finally pulled into New York, I realized how busy and insane the city was just from Penn Station. From there we took the A/C/E train downtown to World Trade Center. I was amazed at how little had been done in the way of building the Freedom tower but it was a great reminder of what happened on 9/11 and made me a bit emotional. I was also a bit disappointed that it was so overcast we couldn’t see tops of the buildings due to how overcast it was.

From there we turned east and headed towards Wall Street where we got to see the stock exchange and the Merrill Lynch bull. We continued on to Battery Park where we hoped to see the Statue of Liberty. Unfortunately it was so overcast we could barely make her out! From there we walked up to the South Street Seaport for lunch.

From there we took the A train up to Central Park for a nice walk. Central Park was amazing with all the wildlife around and the huge rocks sticking out from the ground. There was also a guy playing the sax in the park who was amazing.

Kristine on her first train ride

Kristine on her first subway ride

World Trade Center

Buildings in the low fog in New York City

New York Stock Exchange

Panoramic View of Wall Street

Merrel Lynch Bull

Lady Liberty in the fog

Kristine at the South Street Seaport next to the Helen McAllister

View of the Brooklyn Bridge

Mike and Alice next to the Brooklyn Bridge

Joel and Kristine next to the Brooklyn Bridge

Rocks in Central Park

Man playing sax in Central Park

Panoramic view of Central Park