New York was nowhere near as good a stop as
it could have been. Three hours to
clear immigration to start with – slow traffic to get anywhere and a departure
time of 5:30 didn’t lend itself to too much sightseeing.
Ron needed a new foil for his razor, so
that was a top priority. Caught
taxi to Macys, bought a new shaver cheaper than the foil – if it had been
available! Had a very good lunch
for less than $7. Serves so large,
we shared 1 soup and 1 meat & veg. pack.
Ship was berthed next to the aircraft
carrier Intrepid, which is now a museum (space memorabilia included), but we
were too late to visit.
As we departed the city, we had good views
of Manhattan area, including the new Freedom tower on the twin towers site, and
also the Statue of Liberty. We had
sailed by the statue about 5:15 am as we came up the Hudson River, and had some
nice photos of it in the dawn light, but still nice to see it in full
daylight.
We had booked a trip to Liberty Island and
Ellis Island, but this was changed because Ellis Island had been badly damaged
in the cyclone earlier this year.
Since we didn’t want to spend 2 hours in the gift shop on Liberty Island
instead, we cancelled the trip.
Headed off towards the Caribbean, only to
hear that a tropical cyclone was forming where we were headed. Change of plans and port followed. Sailing path altered and Antigua
cancelled and replaced with Aruba.
Haven’t been to either so didn’t fuss us much at all.
Saw an excellent show the other night with
marionettes. Extremely good and
very cleverly done. Some of the
puppets were operated with 8 strings, others up to 16 and apparently tonight we
see one with 32 strings. Lots of
strings for one person to get tangled, but that did not happen.
Manage to spend a bit of time playing 500
and have been attending the “raw beginners” bridge lessons. Have actually learnt a lot playing both.
Watch out our card partners!!
Statue in the early morning
New Jersey skyline early dawn
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