We set out for New York City early in the day but timed it right for a lunch stop in Philadelphia. We ended up winding our way through the streets of the City of Brotherly Love to Geno’s Steaks and Pat’s King of Steaks. These two eateries have been featured on TV and claim to have the best cheesesteak in the city. We wanted to judge for ourselves so we grabbed four cheesesteaks from each place and ate! When the votes were tallied, it was a tie. Pat’s was great because they chopped the steak and it mixed with the cheese whiz, onions, etc nicely. Those that liked Geno’s enjoyed the extra cheese whiz – very tasty. Both sandwiches were excellent. Pat’s provided ordering instructions– for example you order ‘wit’ or ‘witout’ onions J We all enjoyed this experience.
We arrived at our campsite in northern New Jersey in the evening and immediately walked the five blocks to the subway station. About 20 minutes and two transfers later we were in the middle of Times Square. The kids loved all the bright lights. We did some shopping and dined on reuben sandwiches at a deli. We decided to call it a day around 12:30 at night and got a ride in a Hummer limo down to lower Manhattan where we caught the subway back to NJ. Good times. The next morning we rode the subway back to lower Manhattan and visited the 9/11 memorial. It was a beautiful tribute to the lives lost there. The names of the deceased are engraved in a bronze plaque that surrounds the original footprint of each tower. Inside the footprint are two separate waterfalls – you can see the memorial in the pictures below. We located the names of the victims that Nancy and the kids did memorial artwork for – their work was included in a 10th anniversary tribute in New York last summer. We concluded out visit with a walk around downtown visiting Wall Street and Battery Park with its great view out toward the Statue of Liberty. As with Washington, DC, we barely scratched the surface here leaving plenty to see the next time around.
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| Kids in Times Square |
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| Hummer limo ride |
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| 9/11 Memorial |
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| Statue of Liberty as seen from Battery Park |
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| Eve next to Kelly Ann Booms' name. Eve did a memorial plaque for her last summer. |
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