I got the opportunity a couple of weeks ago to spend the weekend with my cousin who is living in New York for a year. Its nice having family around. I went up early Saturday and I took the subway for the first time by myself. I was very proud and didn't get lost. I got to her place and after we went exploring.
First we went to Governors Island. Governors Island is a 172-acre island in New York Harbor, approximately 800 yards from the southern tip of Manhattan Island and separated from Brooklyn by the Buttermilk Channel. We walked around the island and from part of it we could see the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty.
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| Hammocks Governors Island |
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| Governors Island seeing Statue of Liberty |
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| Brooklyn Bridge from Ferry |
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| Manhattan from Governors Island |
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| Statue Of Liberty |
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| Cousins |
After Governors Island we went to Wall Street and saw the Bull. Charging Bull, which is sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull, is a bronze sculpture that stands in Bowling Green in the Financial District in Manhattan, New York City.Then we went to dinner at a fun little restaurant. I don't remember the name. It was a bar style restaurant. We took the subway to get everywhere we need to go. While on one subway I noticed that the subway car was empty so my cousins and I went in. We noticed a potent smell. Their was a homeless man on it and since he was stinky the lots people got out and went to another car.
Lastly we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Twin Tower memorial sight. I really enjoyed the 9/11 sight. I remember to this day how old I was and what I was doing. I was in 5th grade and my teachers turned on the TV and we watched the news.
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| Brooklyn Bridge with my cousin |
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| Statue of Liberty from Brooklyn Bridge |
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| Brooklyn Bridge |
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| New York City at Night |
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| 9/11 Memorial at Night |
Lastly my LDS YSA ward had a special Stake Conference at Lincoln Square which was cool as I got to see the Manhattan Temple.
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| Manhattan Temple |
The next week my LDS YSA ward did a ward activity and we went apple picking on Long Island at Hanks pumpkin patch.
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| Pumpkins |
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| A cow |
