Day 25 Monday 23/7 NYC So much to see and do!

Once again we met Heather and Paul for an early breakfast so we could hop on the tourist bus and visit some more of the attractions. We left the bus near the Ground Zero area to visit the memorial and the 9/11 Memorial Museum. It was a very sobering visit for all of us. The beautiful, peaceful pools which fill the huge holes in the ground the where the towers once stood have the names of all the people who were killed in the attack on the world trade centre, surrounding them. The museum was extremely well done and we really could have spent the entire day there but unfortunately we didn’t have time. We had booked to go on a free cruise which was part of our tourist bus tickets. This brightened us up as the cruise took us out into the wide expanse of the Hudson River where we were able to get magnificent views of the surrounding city buildings, the statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Staten Island Ferries etc. Following this we returned to the main part of the city for an early tea and a short rest. We were back on the tourist bus at 7pm to do the City by night tour. Although it wasn’t quite dark, this tour took us across the Manhattan Bridge and we visited new areas we had not visited before. Again we were very pleased with this excursion. There is just so much to see and do in this huge city.