We spent our evening last night at the top of the Empire State Building!! It was absolutely beautiful--worth the 45 minutes and mega security hassle. There were throngs of people, but probably nothing compared to daytime tours. We thought it was simply amazing to see all of New York lit up from so high above the city. They said the visibility was 25 miles last night! The wind, though, my gawd, the wind was fiercely bitter. We didn't stay very long, but we left with a few trinky-dinks for the family :) Everything was completely over-priced so we didn't get everything we wanted for people, but we'll hit other touristy stores I'm sure. Plus we got suckered into paying $27 for the pictures they took of us plus a CD full of pictures of the view (which I thought was worth it cuz I love cheesy crap like that) but as one guy put it, "There's a new hustle on every floor" because people just line the tour line and try to get you to buy more crap, audio tours, "express" tours, etc. We'll have to post some of our first pictures!
John slept like a rock. I didn't sleep well, I had worries all night and woke up a couple of times. John just made us some yummy egg sandwiches, OJ, tea and coffee and we're just catching up on the weather. It's going to be in the 40s but with winds up to 30mph! So a little chilly, we'll have to dress for that. We're still deciding what we want to do today. I'll post later when we're back!
Love to you all, hope the weather is getting better there!
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I had been to the top of the World Trade Center during a trip to NYC back during the butt-head years (circa '92). Not much security hassle back then, but still a fairly long line---but SO worth it! We were there after dark, and I'll never forget how beautiful the city looked all light up. From that vantage, fifth avenue was just a sea of red tail lights! And you could just look off to one side and see the Empire State building all lit up and shining proudly right "next door". On top of the world indeed!
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