Our flight landed at JFK on the 26Th of November at 11:00 AM. That was the start of our 4 day trip to the Big Apple. We had a list of things to do and see in NY .
Day 1: Statue of liberty ,ground zero ,wall street..
But Day 1 being thanksgiving holiday had no ferries to Island. So we had to move our trip to Staten Island to Day 2.
Day 2: Times Square, downtown shopping trip, Broadway Show…
Day 2.1 : Time square ,Statue of Liberty, Broadway show
Day 2 we reached the Cruise spot around 3, to take the 4 'o clock trip. Waited for around an hour, to find that 3 o clock was the last trip of the day. We cursed our luck and argued with guy at the counter for not informing about the cancellation of the 4o'clock Cruise. We went back to Broadway.The show put everyone in a good mood .Then we made slight adjustment to our 3 rd Day Schedule
Plan Day 3: China Town, Lunch with friends, Ground zero, Wall Street,
Plan Day 3.1: China Town, Friends, Ground Zero, Liberty ….
On Day 3 we decided to take the Ferry to Island. After a long wait at the jetty ,it was our turn to get it in .The guy at the ferry told us they have exceeded the maximum number of people they can allow on the Island and the Ferry will be closed for the day. Foul mood is back again. By this time we are exhausted from 3 days of sight seeing in NY and walking endlessly in Times Square. Still no luck with the lady.
Plan Day 4: The Met, Central Park
Plan Day 4.1: The Met, Central Park, Statue of Liberty …..
The version one of our plan cut short our Met hours drastically.But we had to do what we had to do. From Met we had planned to take the Subway to Staten Island, but for some reason unknown, the trains to our destination was cancelled. So we had to switch trains an umpteen number of times before we got somewhere close to the nearest possible station. Time was ticking away , and did I mention that it was raining and we were all soaked from head to toe .In half an hour our last cruise to Island would leave taking with it our only chance to visit the Lady in this NY trip. We were walking as fast was we could. Half way through a taxi stopped and 4 guys squeezed in and the two of us continued walking and running in the rain and freezing temperature. We barely managed to drag ourselves inside before the doors were closed ..And our trip to see Lady Liberty started….
We saw a lot of NY in those 4 days, we used the subways extensively, at one point we knew the train routes to all the 5 the boroughs ( slightly exaggerated) , Broadway show was a delight,Brooklyn bridge beautiful, we walked the length and breadth of Times Square ,contributed to the Black Friday loot ,bargained and bought the quintessential I LOVE NY T shirts for 3 bucks a piece.
But star of the trip will be our ‘Journey’ to see the Lady. I never know why we took so much trouble to see her .Maybe that was her way of making herself the most special memory of the trip.
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