Traveling with Michelle: Wednesday, walking and more walking . . . in NYC

This is my hotel-The Jane (it's on Jane St.)

Today, Wednesday, I walked my little area of Manhattan. I walked up and down, and across and back, eventually making my way through Greenwich village, SoHo, Chelsea, TriBeCa, Chinatown, and Midtown. I walked past the Brooklyn Bridge, but decided not to walk across. I walked to the Freedom Tower, then turned back and made my meandering way back to my hotel because my feet and leg hurt (I have sciatica).

So many flowers and trees were in bloom walking around! Beautiful!

Tulip trees are everywhere and in bloom!

I definitely noticed the Dutch influence in many of the buildings, style or roofline, etc. Some of them would have looked right at home in Amsterdam.

Chinatown

Street performers near City Hall

The Freedom Tower

When your parking lot just isn't quite large enough!

My view across the river by the hotel.

I tried to nap, but housekeeping woke me up after a 15 minute nap (late housekeeping on the sixth floor, I guess).

As for food, I found a cafe--High Street on Hudson--and had an everything bagel (what a great bagel!) and a pot of tea. Not horribly expensive by New York standards (though everything here is expensive by Minnesota standards!). For lunch, I just stopped at a stand for a hot dog and bottle of diet coke--very New York.

Anneliese texted me when she was done with class around 5:30 and met me at my hotel room since I had some things for her (Easter goodies!). We talked, then walked a couple of miles to Friday's for dinner since I had a gift card. Then we took the train to Battery Park to see the lights. We could see the Statue of Liberty and New Jersey. The we saw the sphere. It was corporate art work in front of the World Trade Center. On 9/11 the towers crashed near it, damaging it but not destroying it. It is now displayed in it's damaged state as a remembrance in Battery Park. It was sobering. Right next to the park is some sort of building with a series of spheres outside about how people can save the earth. Each sphere is an Earth with the continents all in relief. Then the art begins. They are beautiful and creative.

New Jersey

The World Trade Center Sphere

We were bundled up at night

selfie!

by the Mariner's Museum?

Anneliese and I walked along the Esplanade until we were too cold (near the Freedom Tower), then caught the subway back near the Jane and walked to the hotel. We talked until 1:30 in the morning, then I sent Anneliese home in a taxi because I didn't want her walking to and taking the subway (this is a quiet neighborhood with low lighting and the subway can be dangerous late at night).