New York

Exiting Metro North, we (Ulla and her grandson Nils who is traveling with her, Jack and Jill) walked from Grand Central Station to Times Square, Broadway, Central Park and then to the Carnegie Deli . By now Nils had a large enough appetite to tackle his pastrami sandwich. We rested for 45 minutes during a #15 bus ride down 2nd Avenue through the various neighborhoods and found our way to the Tenement Museum (Deb's daughter Sarah is a curator there). It was very busy and the tours were all booked, so we just looked around and headed for Eileen's New York Cheesecake Cafe for our afternoon fika. Two subways (#6 and#5) took us to Bowling Green Station and the Staten Island Ferry. The ride must be the best bargain of New York -- only $2 to go there and back. We spotted the cranes at the World Trade Center site, and of course waved to Lady Liberty. An express subway took us back to Grand Central, Metro North to Fairfield, and car back to Lord's Point. We were way 12 hours and 12 minutes!