While in New York we are staying in the Affinia Manhattan hotel and this morning we ate at the restaurant here. After breakfast we took a taxi over to Pier 84 along the Hudson River. We don't have much time in New York, but we wanted to see as much of the city as we could so we took a water taxi down the coast. We had an awesome time sight seeing and enjoyed the ocean breeze since New York has been even more hot and humid than DC. We were able to see the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the new World Trade Center, and the Statue of Liberty.
Seeing the Statue of Liberty up close was incredible! I never realized how big it actually is! We took some really neat pictures and marveled at its beauty
We ate lunch and did a bit of shopping before taking the shuttle to the JFK airport. We said goodbye to Grandma and made sure she got on her flight home. Our flight to London was supposed to leave at 9pm, but it was delayed by about an hour. We all tried to sleep on the seven hour flight, but the flight attendants kept coming around which made it difficult. Zach and I only got about three hours of sleep so tomorrow will be rough.
