{"id":161,"date":"2014-08-21T22:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T22:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2024-09-27T18:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T17:06:40","slug":"statue-of-liberty-911-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"New York: Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This morning we were woken up with the words \u201cHappy Birthday Daddy\u201d from Callum \u2013 another early start as we were all awake by 4.15am this morning \u2013 need to have a much later night tonight.  We dozed for a bit but decided to get up and brave the rush hour on the subway and get down to Battery Park. Rain and thunderstorms were forecast for the afternoon but hopefully we\u2019d be lucky.  We weren\u2019t taking coats with us!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering it was 8am in NY, the Subway to South Ferry was pretty quiet.  From here, Callum was first to spot the Statue of Liberty across the water.  As soon as we had booked flights to NY and knew we would be there for Jon’s birthday. Birthday treat was tickets to climb to the Crown of the Statue of Liberty<\/strong><\/a>.  We walked around Battery Park past the WW2 memorial and found Castle Clinton where we needed to pick up our tickets up for the Stat (as the locals seem to call it \u2026 or her!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tickets picked up and we had a 30 minutes or so before catching the boat over to Liberty Island.  Not many places for breakfast – Subway it was for a breakfast roll.  It was actually OK (Jon said much better than the Subway breakfasts back home).   We headed back to get on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the boat .. but not before going through airport-style security.  Once through, we were quickly onboard and on our way.   Whilst in the queue, you passed the Sphere that stood in the shadows of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Centre prior to 9\/11.  Displayed as it was found in the rubble when the debris was cleared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thankfully we had done our research and pre-booked tickets to go up the pedestal and to the top of the Statue of Liberty.  More security to go through \u2013 and even had to show our passports \u2013 and then had to put our bags into lockers.  We could only take cameras and bottles of water with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone onboard the Statue Cruises Ferry wanted to be on the top deck to get the close up views approaching Liberty Island.  We were no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n

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