Day 3: New York

As we were driving into NY, Chad, our tour director, was explaining the nuances of New Yorkers. People here are not really rude, he explained, you just have to understand what they are trying to say. "When people in NY City honk and yell, it's like us saying, 'excuse me, can you please move?'"

It's a good thing he explained that to our polite, West Texas kids- a few of them got to witness the NY "lingo" first-hand!

This Alice in Wonderland sculpture was in the north side of NY's Central Park. The photo doesn't do it justice; it is beautiful! More than that, it was a great place to take a picture!

This was the restaurant we ate in, at the bottom of the Empire State Building. (No beer for us, though; just a yummy dinner!)

Too bad it was cloudy the day we were at the top of the Empire State Building.. Pictures that I have taken on previous trips there are magnificent! But, these photos still still show just how high up we were. Since September 11, 2001, the Empire State Building is once again the tallest building in NY. (sad, I know.)

Waaay out in the distance in the photo on the bottom, you can see the Statue of Liberty in NY Harbor. You can barely see it in this picture, because of how cloudy it was that day.