*NYC*

There's a lot more to come in this post!

Finally my years long dream coming true: on the ferry to see the Statue of Liberty! The first time I went to NYC we got there too late for the last ferry, so I wasn't able to see it. I am so grateful my friend Jen allowed us to extend our stay in NYC so that we could see it before we left! God even cared, because our bus to Boston was conveniently delayed just long enough for us to check out of our apartment and get there in time to board it!

The tall building with the spire is "One World," the new world trade center. It is currently the tallest building in the western hemisphere, built on a bedrock of schist.




Not a great pic of Jen or me, but there's the Statue of Liberty! How frustrated I was to find that you had to have previously purchased more expensive tickets to view it from the pedestal or from the crown! Ah well, next time!



Hunger called us, so we stepped into Virgil's Barbecue for food. I'd like to take the credit and say I ate all that food singlehandedly, but Jen and I couldn't even finish eat together! It was delicious, though.



Laying down flat is the best way to try to capture the One World, though even then it's still impossible to get the whole thing unless you back up significantly. The glass indentation at the bottom of the building is just above the door to get in. The point at the top of the building isn't even the top, the spire reaches quite a bit further than that!



Of course, the  most amazing view was from the top! The lighting was all wrong this afternoon though, so thankfully a couple was willing to take our photo in return for our having taken a good one of them. I think this is the best one we have of each other up there, though we have lots of good pics of the city.





Here was our best attempt at getting our own selfie. It's a great pic of us, though the tiny slivers of the city leave a lot to the imagination concerning NYC.





The guy who owned our rented apartment in NYC recommended yummy food at this Dominican restaurant, Margot's. Jen loved the restaurant's famed drink, "Morir sonando," essentially, "dying in a dream" (because so many think it's delicious!). It tasted like Orange Julius, but I preferred my lemonade.