New York Part 2

Day 3
We decided at dinner the night before that the only way we are going to see everything we want to see was to do some sort of tour. We really didn't want to look like tourist but we sucked it up and bought a pass on the City Sights NY Bus Tour. We bought a 48 hour pass that allowed us to jump off and on the bus as many times as we wanted throughout the city with in that time frame. It was great we had a tour guide pointing everything out to us and telling us stories and when we wanted to stop at a place we would get off and we would just go to a designated spot and get back on later. We would have never gotten to see as much as we did if we had not done this. They had 2 tours the downtown tour and uptown tour. We decided on this day to do downtown. We started at the Waldorf and made our way around. We got off in Soho and walked around there. We went through Tribeca, Little Italy, China Town, and then back into Soho for some lunch. We then walked around more stopping in at a little cafe for a drink then back out into the cold. This day was not like the previous day it dropped about 20 degrees and was freezing. We then decided to just walk downtown and see the World Trade Center. I cant explain the emotions that came over us when we walked up. It was something to see it in person. From there we headed down to Battery Park and saw the Statue of Liberty and walked around. We got back on our bus and it took us down along the water and we could see Brooklyn and then we decided to get back off in Gramercy Park. We got a slice of pizza and had some coffee and just walked. We ended up back in Mid-town and it was getting time for Monday Night Football and we had explored so much that we wanted to just sit have a pint and relax for a few hours. We went to a little restaurant called the Press Box which was on the same block as Jane's apartment. Great food and great bartender. We stayed there for a couple hours and chatted with the people and watched football. From there we decided lets walk a little more in a different direction and then we stopped in at another place for a beer and met some really cool people one of which turned out to be a NYC Police Officer. His friends were so nice and took Joey and I in and we hung out with them for a while. Then we went to another bar with them. Joey and I couldn't say it enough everyone we met was nothing but nice to us.
Day 4
Today it got even colder. So cold we had to go buy me a new coat. Ever place had the best sales so we did a little shopping then decided to get back on the bus for the uptown tour. We caught the bus and went through more of midtown then headed to the upper west side. The bus went right along Central Park which was so cool. We got off at one of the museums and the line was so long and it was so cold that we decided to just head down and check out the upper west side. We went to a cute little place for lunch called Firehouse Tavern. At this point we were both so cold that it was hard to imagine walking back outside. We got some coffee and bundled up and walked back up to central park. We got back on the bus and toured through more of the upper west side and into Harlem, down into the upper east side. If you look back at the tour site above you can see more specifically places we saw and went through. We got off on the upper east side/central park area and walked back to Jane's from there. We really wanted to walk as much as we could just to take it all in. On our last night in NY we took Jane out to dinner at Cellar 58. Jane knew the owners and everyone in the restaurant. They treated us so well it was such an amazing dinner. When we first arrived I asked Jane what her favorite restaurant in NY was and she couldn't answer and after a few days in NY I see why. Every place is so good and depending what you are in the mood for there are so many amazing places for you to eat at.
Day 5

Joey and I woke up early packed our bags said our goodbyes and headed to the train station. We arrived at Penn Station to take our train to Boston for the remainder of our trip. The train ride was one of the most beautiful things ever. I was so glad we chose to do that instead of fly. Next up Boston.

We are on billboards in NY (its small print but it says A Partridge in a Pear Tree)

Our new friend Chris who happend to be a NYC cop and showed us around to a few pubs

Joey being funny


Flat Iron Building

We both loved this street and would like to live on it

Ground Zero

Joey at Ground Zero
Statue of Liberty from Battery Park
Firhouse Bar & Grill we had lunch

Battery Park