New York

After Coney Island, we headed back to Manhattan and decided to stop off at our original destination, Chinatown. I don’t think we landed in the heart of Chinatown, but it was close enough. We found a few tourist shops and haggled a bit to get a discount. It turns out that walking away when you don’t hear the price you’re looking for really works...

After the Aladdin show, it was almost 4pm. We made a plan, found the subway and we headed toward Chinatown. About halfway there, I noticed that the end of this particular subway line was Coney Island. Neither of us had been here before, so we skipped Chinatown and went to the end of the line. About 50 minutes later, we arrived. And just like yesterday when we walked...

We knew we wanted to catch a Broadway show while we were in town, but had no idea which one to choose…correction, we had a couple ideas for shows Hamilton or the Book of Morman, but we didn’t want to pay the price we were charging. So, we ended up settling on the matinee performance of Aladdin. Our show didn’t start until 1pm and the theater was...

After walking over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan, we headed back the hotel for a rest. We decided to check out the North River Lobster Company boat cruise for dinner. It’s a 45 minute boat cruise up the river to take in the views of Manhattan skyline for only $10. On the ship, they serve food and drinks. Our cruise was slated for a 9pm departure so we...

It took approximately 30 minutes by subway to get to the Brooklyn Bridge area. We didn’t mind as the subway was air conditioned. When we got up to the street level, we realized that Google Maps had failed us (or at least that’s what I’m telling myself). Google actually took us to Brooklyn Bridge Blvd, which was a couple kilometers from the bridge...

After the museum, we crossed the street to check out a store called “Century 21”. It’s basically a Winner’s on steroids. Next, we had some lunch at a nearby sushi place…the consensus was that it was “just ok”. Vancouver sushi is much better. Next, we hopped back on the train towards the Metropolitan Museum, “The...

The museum was in between the two reflecting pool memorials, and like everything in the summer in New York, the crowds were huge. The ticket line-up had to be a couple hundred people deep and we didn’t have time for lineups on this trip. After a little Googling, we discovered that tickets were available online. They had timed entries so we chose 11am, so we...

The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the 2,977 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools are each nearly an...

The next morning, Saturday, we were up and eating the included hotel breakfast around 9am. It was going to be another hot day with temperatures in the high 30’s and low 40’s with the humidity so we loaded up our day pack with hats, sunglasses and water and headed back the Grand Central towards the 9/11 Memorial. After we exited the subway, it was a short...

After a quick rest in the hotel, we headed out to find some dinner and to check out Times Square at night. It was close to 10pm so we ended up at Wendy’s…not that exciting for being in New York but we figured we should get the meal over with quickly so we could start some sightseeing. Our hotel was a block and a half from Grand Central Station, so Times...