She had a bit of a nap before we headed out into the city. I decided to throw her into the deep end, so we took the subway to Times Square. It was 2 pm and 94 degrees so we did not stay too long. We then take the subway to Hannah's apartment. After buying some coffee and muffins we head up the 4 flights of stairs to Hannah's apartment. We have a lovely visit and do the dance of joy when her internet provider arrives and hooks them up. Both she and Simone are very happy to be back online. Roision is fading fast so we return home and rest up for the evening.
Friday we go to Ground Zero, the World Trade Centre. It is the one thing that Roision really wants to visit. I think it is a place that we should all visit while in New York. It does feel like hallowed ground and deserves our time. We visit St. Paul's chapel where the volunteers and and rescue workers were taken care of during the rescue efforts and clean up. We check out the preview centre which shows what the area will look like when the rebuilding is finished. It will be beautiful.
We walked from Ground Zero through the Financial District up to Tribeca (which means the triangle below Canal) We admire the beautiful architecture. We walk along Canal Street - the "knock off" area. We refrain from buying any Chanel, Hermes or Coach.... We continue walking north through Soho (which means south of Houston) checking out the "Cast Iron Historic District" with the most beautiful buildings. We walk by the Loft that Verna, Jacquie and Heather and the girls will live in when they visit. We walk across Houston Street (pronounced Howston) and find ourselves in Greenwich Village. Greenwich Village is a lovely neighborhood - NYU is here as is Parsons, The New School for Design - you know who goes to this school (Hannah Phang). Our goal today is to get to Union Square which is 14th Street between Park and Broadway. We walk up Broadway and arrive at Union Square. This is one of my favorite places, partly because I know it quite well. We look around the farmers market and buy some fruit juice. We sit on one of the benches to drink our juice and decide to call Hannah to see if she would like to join us. Turns out she is a few feet away from us eating lunch. What a lovely surprise.
Roision and I take the subway home - we had just walked a quarter of the length of Manhattan!!!!!
We Skype with Terry, who is in Quebec presenting a paper at a conference. He is having a busy but good time.
Saturday, I must confess, get on the subway going in the wrong direction. We do, however, manage to get it right and get to Times Square/42nd Street. We walk from there, which is 7th Avenue, to 12th Avenue to get to The Circle Line Cruise terminal. We take the 3 hour cruise which takes you completely around Manhattan. I think it is one of the best ways to spend $35. You get very close to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. You get a very good idea of the size of Manhattan and see a lot of the sights from a different angle. We really enjoy it.
We walk from the cruise terminal down to 34th Street and 5th Avenue to the Empire State Building. On leaving the terminal there is horrible black smoke coming from an area just north of the terminal. We hear on the news there was a large fire at a sanitation centre. We had just passed this centre 20 mins before!!!!!
The line up for the Empire State Building was so long we decided we would come back another time. We decide to walk to see the Flatiron Building which is at 23rd and 5th. It is a gorgeous building. We take the subway home pick up some dips and appetizers for supper and wait for Terry to return home. He returns, we eat some, we drink some wine and off to sleep.
Sunday morning - those guys in their cars that drive by our building with the windows down and the boom boxes blaring - are starting to get on my nerve......
Anyway, I check my email and Hannah has sent me an email saying "we are okay" - there had been a huge accident outside their building. Fire trucks and police cars were all over the place. They were returning home at 2 am to find a cab had crashed into the coffee shop which is right next door to their building. She was concerned that I would see something on the news and worry (which I would) It was, in fact, the top story on the news this morning, Anyway, seems like the cab was avoiding an SUV and drove into the coffee shop. 3 pedestrians, the cab driver and his passenger were all taken to hospital, one person is in ICU. You just never know......
Roision, Terry and I will go to Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral at noon and then head over to the Imperial Theatre to see "Billy Elliott" I will report back later.
The weather is gorgeous today with a high of 77 degrees
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