20171226 NYC Adventure

Autumn Garibay and Logan Garibay and I had an Epic Walking Adventure in New York City on Tuesday, December 26, 2017

ITINERARY

Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at

Local Free Parking (at 11:45 AM)

St. George Ferry Terminal (Free Boat Ride into NYC)

Whitehall Ferry Terminal

Downtown Manhattan Heliport

Charging Bull

Trinity Church

9/11 Memorial

Brookfield Place Luminaries

Columbia University

Stage Door Pizza

St. Paul's Chapel

Woolworth Building

Midtown Comics Downtown

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge Subway Station (Ride) to Bowling Green Subway Station

Whitehall Ferry Terminal (Statue of Liberty sighting from Ferry)

St. George Ferry Terminal

Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at 7:55 PM

Local Free Parking (Back at our car at 7:55 PM)

TRIP STATUS

The trips was highly successful - 1) lots of exercise, 2) we got to witness New York City in all its wintery goodness and 3) for NYC, it was done on a moderate budget (less than $80 dollars)

HAMILTON HIGHLIGHTS

Alexander Hamilton’s grave (at Trinity Church)

Alexander Hamilton’s college stomping grounds (King’s College, now Columbia University)

Alexander Hamilton’s Heart of Oaks practice ground (at St. Paul's Chapel)

GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS

Brookfield Place Luminaries - Autumn and Logan and I went into Brookfield Place just to take a break from the cold and we rounded a bend in the mall section and were looking at the Brookfield Place Luminaries (an awesome set of over 100 light cubes hanging from the ceiling, all of which were computer controlled and orchestrated to “play” with Christmas songs) - This is why I go to NYC (to be surprised with awesome things I did not expect to see)

Old NYC Architecture - Neo gothic Woolworth Building, the Park Row Building and the Flatiron Building were truly stunning

ADVENTURE TUNES

Hamilton Soundtrack on Philadelphia to NYC drive

Waitress (Sara Bareilles) Soundtrack on NYC to Philadelphia drive

ADVENTURE LEARNINGS

NYC does not have a one day unlimited MetroCard pass (bummer), instead they have a seven day unlimited MetroCard pass for $31

Looked into taking the Big Bus Tours but found them prohibitively expensive

I have mastered getting into and out of NYC on a budget but I still have work to do on figuring out how to use NYC public transit on a budget

You can do a fun walking adventure in NYC (sans bicycle)