For Jennie’s 30th birthday I surprised her with a trip to NYC. Let’s just say she was surprised, maybe not in a good way, but I was determined to make her love NYC just as much as I do.
We headed out on Wednesday morning about 10.
We got to the airport and scanned the credit card to check in, it asked if we wanted to upgrade to first class, it wasn’t that expensive, so we did it. It’s vacation!
Then we enjoyed a little breakfast, hopped on the plane and headed to NYC.
The flight there was uneventful and no one famous (other than us) was in first. Flights that short, the upgrade to first probably isn’t worth it. I am sure longer flights are more expensive though.
We took a cab from the airport to our hotel, the Sheraton Tribeca. Something I was wondering was what TriBeCa stood for. Anyone here know? Anyone? It stands for “Triangle below Canal Street”.
We rested for a bit then took a walk down to the WTC site. The new tower is big and almost looks complete. The memorial is set to open this Sept. You couldn’t see much of it, but it does look like it will be very nice.
From there we walked on down to a dock area and took a look at the Statue of Liberty.
From there we walked on down to Bowling Green park which is in the financial district.
The north end of the park has the famous Charging Bull sculpture.
That was it for day 1, we did quite a bit of touristy stuff for just getting in the city about 2 pm.