Time to experience the atmosphere

This morning was meeting up with Kasey and Patricia and the four of us were heading to the 9/11 Memorial, it was one of those thing I was unsure if I would like it or not, I will not say I was looking forward to it. It was eerie to be walking around the reflecting ponds where you knew the towers stood, the sheer size of the base was something I had trouble wrapping my head around. It made me think a lot about what the people in those buildings must have went through. I am sure there would be someone who stood at a window and watched a plane headed at them.

Close to the memorial they are rebuilding the freedom tower, whilst it is inspirational to see them rebuilding this tower, you have to wonder how at ease people will be renting the space to run their business out of there.

After the 9/11 we wandered down to battery park and around to where the Staten Island ferry departs, it is nice just wandering NYC and taking in the sights, sounds and people around you. Battery park were the people dressed as the statue just there to take photos with people and entertain the tourists. They put smiles on faces and bring lots of laughs so I am assuming it must be a somewhat rewarding job.

The ferry to Staten Island was cold but it got extremely close to the statue, we didn’t go to the island with the statue simply because you couldn’t enter the statue it is closed for renovations and has been since 2010.

This is where I am going to express my opinion and I am certain put some people off side, whilst the statue was high on my to see list, it did leave me feeling underwhelmed. It is one of those icons you know of from a young age and it is held in such high importance by a lot of people, but for me it really wasn’t anything spectacular or fabulous. In saying that if I hadn’t seen it already and I was going to NYC I would put it on my to see list.

“this means he found the knicks tickets” – how to loose a guy in 10 days

Tonight was time to venture inside of Madison square garden and watch the Knicks play some basketball. They were playing the Utah Jazz, the arena/stadium was buzzing people were excited to be there and there was always something happening on or around the court. The knicks won in a game with a lot of fouls and free throws from the shot line. After the game it was back to the hotel bar to meet more contiki people and have some drinks.