Our trip was planned around a few things that we wanted to do and some other things that we would like to do, and David did a great job of combining these all together in this cruise. Our wish list consisted of visiting New York and going through the Panama Canal. We have been through the Panama Canal and loved the experience.
Our entry to New York was in daylight and it was cold, extremely windy but hugely exciting. We stood on the front deck of the ship as we came into NY and luckily had new shipboard friends who lived in Brooklyn NY to give us our personal commentary as we came in. All the things you see in movies and magazines suddenly become reality.
Today we spent a couple of hours in NY and decided we had never seen such a strange mix of people. We hired a taxi to take us on a city tour and luckily struck a black local taxi driver who has lived and breathed NY all his life and was happy to show us his city. Best way to see and get a feel for a place.
We hopped onto a ferry and went to Statton Island and back. Took a thousand photos of the Statue of Liberty but were not close enough to get good photos.
Tonight is our last night on board as we disembark tomorrow. We have a week in NY to enjoy the city.
Tomorrow is the start of the heads of state meeting of the United Nations so the city will be busy and on high security. Today we saw military boats everywhere with machine guns on the front racing up and down th NY harbour.
We will be sad to leave the ship bit looking forward to our week in NY.
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