We visited
Ellis Island - it was the immigrant inspection centre in the late 1800s to mid 1900s. Now it houses a museum that provides a glimpse of lives and society of that time...
This hall is the first-stop for all immigrants coming into the US many years ago. Contrast this with today's US custom... (not sure which one I prefer though)...
Approaching the Statue of Liberty:
There she stands...
Inside the Statue. We walked up many, many steps to reach the feet of the Statue.
View from and of her feet. This is the closest we got to the Statue.
The weather was nice and sunny when we went to Central Park. We had a very pleasant walk as we enjoyed the green space in the busy city.
Some jazzy entertainment as we rested our tired feet.
One of our main task was to search for a
Balto statue in Central Park. Charis loves the Balto stories and animated movies. We found out from one of the movies that there was a statue of it in Central Park. Since then, we promise her that if we ever go to Central Park, we will look for it. Thankfully, after some misses, we managed to locate it during our walk in the park.
This is a
nice cafe where we stopped by for lunch. They have very nice (but pricey) subs. We heard that they also have pretty good Cappuccino. We thought of going there for an afternoon break, but we never made it back. Well, a reason for us to visit NYC again....
