Spent 4 days in New York, which was pretty cool. We did all the touristy things whilst there, walked Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State Building, Staten Island ferry to see Statue of Liberty at sunset then return to see Manhattan skyline at night, looks just like the movies! Also went to Ground Zero, quite a sobering place when you start looking at the photo exhibition there documenting the attacks. Also there was a fun run that day raising money for the victims, so there were firefighters and police from all over the USA, and mothers wearing t shirts with their dead sons or husbands pictures on - certainly made you think. Checked out Donald Trumps tower, but don’t think he was in as we weren’t automatically invited up for tea as we assumed we would be -
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