What we ate

I'm not sure what it says about us, but it seems like one of the things we often took pictures of is one of us in front of some huge plate of food or another. I thought I would gather those shots together and put them here in one place...a little review of what we ate on vacation. Top is me in front of a sandwich at Carnegie Deli in NYC. There must have been a pound of bacon on that thing, and it fed Marlene and I just fine. The next two are of Marlene, and a huge plate of spaghetti she had at a great Italian Restaurant in Philly. And then Marlene with a banana split, that we split, and finally me in Philly with a famous cheese steak sandwich. We're back on WW this week.....

Bethlehem PA.

We had our last night on the ship last night. We were up early, most of our packing had been done the night before, so we went up on deck at about6:30 or so, and watched the ship come into New York City. We got some great shots of the sunrise over the city, and also some good ones of the Statue of Liberty. This time I had my telephoto lens on, which I didn't have when we left NY. While we were on deck we heard some honking and looked over toward the Statue of Liberty and saw a flock of geese coming right at the ship. I got a few really good and lucky shots of the geese flying at us at almost eye level.

After the ship docked we got a taxi to the main bus station and caught a bus to Bethlehem where we are staying tonight. It's only about 7 or 8 miles from Easton, and Kate came over and met us this afternoon and and showed us around the town, another amazing old and historic city. At the moment we're taking a little break in our hotel room, before Kate and Jon come back over for dinner.

At Sea!

Today we had a great breakfast at a barbecue place that was right across the street from our hotel. We met some folks from Sydney who are visiting the US for about 10 days. They had some questions about tipping, which we were happy to answer. Afterwards we made our way to the Pier to catch the Norwegian Dawn. It was a pretty easy boarding process, though we discovered there are no laundry facilities and you have to send your laundry to the ship's service. How about $1.95 for a pair of socks? Thankfully, I did what i thought might have been some over packing which will get us through with just minimal things to be washed. We are on our way to dinner. Pictures are from the incredible trip down the Hudson river. You will recognize the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, a Staten Island Ferry, and the skyline of New York. The last one is of Martin at the Java Cafe' on board ship while we waited for our State Room to be readied. Tomorrow is a day at sea on our way to Halifax!

New York Day 2

Wow, it's been a long day in New York City. My Pedometer says we walked over 8 miles! A few of the many things we saw today are pictured above. We did see the Statue of Liberty from afar, however we decided that we didn't want to spend more than 3 hours waiting in a ling to get on the boat so we skipped that part for this trip. We did get to the Brooklyn Bridge however and walked part way across, to get some great views of the city and the East River. We also saw the site of the World Trade Center, and spent some time in Rockefeller Plaza. The picture of Marlene and the beutiful flowers was taken in Battery Park. One of the last things we did today was spend some time looking in the origional old Macy's Department Store...hudge place but they didn't seem to have my size in walking shorts, which is what I was looking for.

Tomorrow we start our cruise!

New York, New York

Our first day in New York City...and our lead picture at the top of this group is another one of me in front of a giant plate of food! In this case it happens to be a huge deli sandwich from the Carnegie Deli, across the street from Carnegie Hall. The Deli has been in this location since the 20's and specializes in huge deli sandwiches and other items including Cheese cake which we also had...Actually Marlene and I split both the sandwich and the cheese cake, and it was still almost more than we could handle. The next picture is of Time Square at night. Our hotel is just a couple blocks from where this picture was taken. Times square is fun to walk around in but it is packed with people at every hour of the day. Today we also took a bus tour of the city and ended up in Central Park, where we took a stroll and took the next two pictures, and the last one as well, which shows the Empire State Building as well as the 0riginal Macy's store. We have another full day in the city tomorrow, and are looking forward to going back and seeing some the things we just passed by today....now for a good nights rest.