New York Day 5

The first full day with my parents we bought a ticket for a few different tours of New York.  The first one was a double decker bus tour of the city.

It was fun hearing all of the history of different parts of the city and why different places were called what they are.  The only place we exited the bus was Wall Street.  My parents wanted to go to the the 911 Memorial.  Josh's conference was on Wall Street so we got to see him for a little bit before we headed inside the memorial.  I was fun for me to see it twice.

It definitely was just as special of an experience the second time.

This time I learned more about the Survivor Tree.  This poor tree was destroyed during the attacks of 911 as well as other things and is still going strong.

After 911 it was moved to be nursed back to health and has only recently been moved back.

We went inside the Trinty Church that I has seen with Josh a few days before.  It was so beautiful!

Then we headed to Wall Street.  It was a lot more calm this time as there weren't many demonstrations going on like last time.

This was so cool.  The very spot where George Washington took his oath as the first president.

After Wall Street we headed to Battery Park.  I had wondered what had happened to the globe that used to be by World Trade Center.  I have pictures of it from the last time I was in NY in 1999.  We stumbled onto it in Battery Park.  I was amazed at how good it still looks.

This flame is always burning in memory of those who died.

I really loved this sculpture.  I imagined what it would be like to get to NY at long voyage at sea.  I am sure there was so much rejoicing on those horrible ships when they saw land.

Here we got our first glimpse of The Statue of Liberty.

Then we caught another bus and headed back on our tour.

The United Nations.

I graduated college in Political Science and this place has always been fascinating to me.

After we got back, Josh met my parent at the Empire State Building.  I was exhausted and had already been to the top the last time I was there, so I opted to head to the hotel for a short nap (such a wimp I know).

Later I met them at The Gershwin Theater to see Wicked.  Josh and I had seen it before in London, but we were thrilled to take my parents to it.  Seriously such an amazing musical.

We got our tickets a little late so Josh had acted like the seats weren't very good, but they ended up being PERFECT.  Close enough to actually see what the actors look like, but not close enough to see spit and sweat (been that close before...not my favorite).

After we were all so exhausted that we headed down Time Square to our hotel.  Didn't I tell you how awesome it was to stay here.  We got to visit this place daily.

Funny story is that one of the days I was watching one of the morning programs on T.V. and it showed Ryan Seacrest was on.  Josh was out running an errand and I called him to go run and see him.  He did and it was pretty cool (I'll post the pics when I find it...)

We ended the night introducing my parents to the lovely Crumbs.  We tried a few new flavors and weren't disappointed.