My daughter, her husband and I flew to NYC on 22 December to spend the week and have Christmas there. I had never been to NYC so this was a first for me.
We took winter boots and middle-weight clothing expecting a bit of cool weather, but instead there were record-setting high temps. One day it was 22C (71F) with rain and fairly high humidity. Most of the other days were cloudy and in the 11-12C (low 50's) range. It also rained or showered on several days. but we couldn't let that stop us from seeing the sights.
The crowds in the streets and shops were massive and everywhere we went it was a festive atmosphere of lights and decorations in the streets and in the stores and shops. In the more popular areas where people gather (Times Square for example) there was a heavy police presence and armed soldiers keeping an eye open for anything suspicious. It was comforting to know they were looking out for us.
We rode the Staten Island ferry and got a good look at Lady Liberty. It was very cloudy and raining so some pictures aren't that great.
From there we roamed Times Square.
Some of the very large decorations in the streets.
Skaters at Rockefeller Center.
We went to Ground Zero and wanted to go into the museum, but the lines were much too long so the best shot I could get was through a window of a broken girder. Standing there gave me chills knowing what had happened on that very spot.
This is the new building erected on the Twin-Towers site.
Giant Christmas trees covered in lights were everywhere. This one was the biggest evergreen tree I had ever seen - and we have plenty of big ones here!
And that pretty much covers day one of walking the streets and hopping on and off the subway system - which is a masterful piece of engineering - and the best way to get from A to B.
We took winter boots and middle-weight clothing expecting a bit of cool weather, but instead there were record-setting high temps. One day it was 22C (71F) with rain and fairly high humidity. Most of the other days were cloudy and in the 11-12C (low 50's) range. It also rained or showered on several days. but we couldn't let that stop us from seeing the sights.
The crowds in the streets and shops were massive and everywhere we went it was a festive atmosphere of lights and decorations in the streets and in the stores and shops. In the more popular areas where people gather (Times Square for example) there was a heavy police presence and armed soldiers keeping an eye open for anything suspicious. It was comforting to know they were looking out for us.
We rode the Staten Island ferry and got a good look at Lady Liberty. It was very cloudy and raining so some pictures aren't that great.
From there we roamed Times Square.
Some of the very large decorations in the streets.
Skaters at Rockefeller Center.
We went to Ground Zero and wanted to go into the museum, but the lines were much too long so the best shot I could get was through a window of a broken girder. Standing there gave me chills knowing what had happened on that very spot.
This is the new building erected on the Twin-Towers site.
Giant Christmas trees covered in lights were everywhere. This one was the biggest evergreen tree I had ever seen - and we have plenty of big ones here!
And that pretty much covers day one of walking the streets and hopping on and off the subway system - which is a masterful piece of engineering - and the best way to get from A to B.
yes, some of those skaters could have used some lessons from a Canadian who knows how to skate, but overall, they were doing pretty well.
yep, that's us for sure 
