Day 8....New York City!

Friday, we got up at 5:15, got ready and left Cape Cod, Massachusetts bound for New York City. We made excellent time, getting there in just 4 hours. We found our hotel and parked in the parking garage across the street and tried to check in. Because it was only 10:45, our room wasn't ready yet, we decided to walk to the Staten Island Ferry. The ferry is FREE...so we took it to Staten Island.
It passed by the Statue of Liberty....It is so awesome to see her there.Even Kobe got to go on the ferry.
View of Manhattan from the Ferry.
After, we returned to the hotel and checked in. We got Kobe comfortable and left on foot to Chinatown. We had lunch there. The Chinese food was about the same as you get at home, maybe a little better. After lunch, we walked down the canal street. If you have ever been to New York then you know what they sell on Canal Street....Coach purses...real cheap....So of course, I had to get myself one and Cassie wanted one too. A couple of friends also gave me some money to get them one too.

After that we walked back to the hotel, took showers and headed by subway to Times Square. It is awesome there with all the lights and people. We went into the huge Toys R Us, then went to dinner at an Irish Restaurant.

We then walked 9 blocks to the Empire State Building. It was a looooong line to get in but we waited (you don't get to NY everyday). We finally made it to the top around midnight....but it was truly breathtaking up there. You can see entire Manhattan lit up....

We got back to our room and went to bed about 2 a.m. It was a long day but it was worth it...., This was an interesting sign on the IRS building.....ok, everyone do you have your $80,807???

We wonder why this country is so financially in a slump and then you see how much we are in debt...In my opinion, they need to stop sending money overseas and use the money here at home.....