Dave had a week long business trip in New York City and I tagged along.
I had signed up for several "New York by Foot" tours before we came. We got to New York on a Monday evening and our hotel was in Midtown at Herald Square. I headed out bright and early the next morning (by myself, since Dave had meetings all day) on the subway to meet up with my first tour, which began on Wall Street.
There were twenty five people on our tour. Only the tour guide (in the red cap) and I were from the United States. It was a very international group.
We started at the site of George Washington's inauguration on the Federal Building on Wall Street.
We went over to the Trinity Church. In the graveyard there are buried historic people like Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton.
It was a beautiful church.
Then we walked over to the 9/11 Memorial. On our way we passed this memorial dedicated to the 357 firefighters who died on that day.
There is a somber, yet hopeful feeling where the World Trade Center towers once stood and so many lives were lost.
One World Trade Center, which opened the day I was there, is now North America's tallest building.
This pear tree stood between the two towers and was buried when they fell. But somehow it survived and was nursed back to health. It was almost destroyed again during Hurricane Sandy. It is a symbol of hope.
We went over to Little Italy for lunch. I loved every bite of these two slices of pizza.
Little Italy in Manhattan is actually part of Chinatown.
The tour ended at the Highline in Chelsea. This area used to be the meatpacking district and the elevated train tracks which had become an eyesore were made into a walking park.
There was a great view of the Hudson River, looking across to New Jersey, from the Highline.
After I got back from my 7 hour tour I was invited by some of Dave's business contacts to go to dinner with them at Carmines.
The dessert was called the Titanic. Even though there were 5 of us, we couldn't finish it.
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