I’ve been awake for almost 24 hours, I arrived in the Big Apple very late in the evening. This was the last leg of my journey and I’ll be joined by my friend Kathy, a reporter for a TV station in Australia. Kathy managed to get to NY in advance of me and she was waiting for me in the lobby of one of the better NY hotels. The hotel was close to Times Square, so we took a walk over there on our way for a very late dinner. While walking, I found myself in awe of this great city.

The next morning, we hit the sidewalk running. Kathy had been here before, so she became my tour guide. There was so much to see in a small amount of time, I only have two days here, that Kathy first took me to Ground Zero; this was Kathy’s first time seeing Ground Zero herself, she was here before 9/11. I was hoping for a few platforms to look out and then below where the construction was taking place, but it was all fenced up, which made it hard to see anything of interest. I did like the area where there were photographs and small tributes to all the people who died. I was haunting in a way, I got goose bumps and was very moved.

We then went to Wall Street and to the Stock Exchange. I couldn’t believe all the security, we couldn’t even walk up to the building, it’s all fenced off and there were even sniffer dogs on patrols. So much for the Stock Exchange. So, it was off to Grand Central Station and to Central Park. We ended up walking through the park for hours, much longer than anticipated, because I really came here to shop! But, that didn’t happen because we had tickets to see ‘The Producers’ on Broadway. The play was good, but I really would have preferred to see the original cast: Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane. We had a full day and a full night.

The next and my final day, we headed to check out the ‘Today Show’ at Rockefeller Plaza. We didn’t get a chance to see inside the studio, so we were alongside all the other people crowded around trying to get on TV. We did get to be up close and almost personal with Meredith Vieira when she was making her way back to the studio. She was so nice! She let people take pictures with her. That’s all I had time for in New York, but it was all good, every single New York minute!

Two Fun Full Days in New York City is a post from: Kiss Java

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