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| Lexi met a "living" statue after our ferry ride. |
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| Had a full day at Ellis Island to start off our visit... |
| FAO Schwarz... click on this pic for Tori video |
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| Clip is ~14 sec... 4 meg Remember "Big" w/ Tom Hanks??? |
Its ... Frederick August Otto, bet you didn't know either...
We had a fun and "cool" visit for a week in the city with stop overs to our folks in Philly & Eastern Shore
Ellis Island
We tried to mix fun stops for the girls with learning...
Took the ferry ride, stopped at the S. of Liberty but the inside of the statue is "closed"
- a limited number of time passes for inside the stone base of the statue are available from
the ferry company each day on a first-come, first-served basis. Time passes are not needed to visit the grounds of Liberty
Island. must Resv ahead of time...
- All of Ellis Island immigration museum is open
It was added to the National Park System in May of 1965 and through extensive restoration, its
main building opened over a quarter century later on September 10, 1990 as a national museum of immigration. Ellis Island
is federal property partly within the territorial jurisdiction of the both the States of New York and New Jersey. Visit the official Ellis Island website.
| We stayed on Manhattan, did not tour the statue... |
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| Foggy morning then sunny in the afternoon |
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| Family and Flag we did the Ranger tour after a lunch break |
| The kids did ok w/ the tour |
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| The Ranger walk as a full afternoon... |
Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection contains more than two million works of art ranging from
medieval armor and european paintings to the world ...
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| Can't do it all We visited about 4 galleries |
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| Time for a rest |
| Playtime Central Park |
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| After the MMOA we walked thru the park and had a good time playing w/ local kids |
NYC
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| MMOA |
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| Great Egyptian collection and fine art at the Met... |
| Passover lunch in MMOA |
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| We took some matzah rolls with us |
| Link to MMOA click on Sphynix pic above... |
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Wed was to be very rainy... but we went shopping and saw a show...
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| Times Square in the rain |
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| View from theater |
| Lion King its "Supper Good" says Tori |
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| Good seats but $$$ Minskoff Theatre 45th st |
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| Mufasa after the show... |
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| Nathaniel Stampley |
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| Lower East Side |
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| Visitors Center at 108 Orchard St. (below Delancey) |
We met a costumed interpreter playing a young girl, Victoria Confino. She lived in the tenement at
97 Orchard in 1916.
We traveled back in time, pretending to be newly-arrived immigrants talking with Victoria.
Along with talking to Victoria, we handled and discuss period artifacts...
 Victoria Confino, upper right, and friends
Perfect for kids and families, this "living history" apartment is based on the Sephardic-Jewish
Confino family from Kastoria (once part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece). A costumed interpreter dressed as teenage
Victoria Confino circa 1916 welcomes visitors as though they were newly arrived immigrants, teaching them how to adapt to
America. The Confino tour is a hands-on experience and visitors can touch any items in the apartment.
| Katz's Deli |
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| the best delicatessen in New York! ... is to be the best. |
| Grand Cenral Station |
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| Had dinner at the well known "Oyster Bar"... lower level |
| Between the Lions |
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| NYC public library |
| Inside hall of Main Library |
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| Dusk on the bridge... |
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| we walked to the first 1st tower on a cold windy evening |
| Family at Brooklyn Bridge last night there |
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| We used the Subway and our feet most of the time... Tori rode free |
| Movement ... hang on |
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| She enjoyed the bumpy ride and quick stops |
Lexi wrote:
"I went to New York city.
We went to see the Lion King.
I liked to ride the subway. My family went to see the Stachew of liberty. We also went to
Eliss Iland. ...
We took the subway to see the Brooklen brieg."<sic all of the kid spelling>
| Narural History... lots of Dino's |
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| Our last day before heading home via Philly |
| Try SACD ... Just fifty cents & postage |
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| Clip on Swap a CD to see what its about |
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| click the book above to go to our guest book |
| For more info on Book Swap click here |
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Remember to sign our Guest Book on the
Home page, Thanks
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