Day 33

A late start this morning meant we had to catch a local bus to Manhattan(rather than the usual express), and it took over an hour...so we eventually hit town and started our day with a brisk walk over the East River via the Brooklyn Bridge to Downtown Manhattan. It was a another nice day today - in the high 70's - so was a nice stroll. Once we hit downtown we wandered over to the World Trade Center site, being the USA I expected it to be quite tacky and touristy but it was not, it was basically the big hole in the ground/construction site with a few photos and a timeline around. Even the tourists seem to show a bit more respect for this place than the likes of the Sistene Chapel.

In the afternoon we took a cruise right around Manhattan Island, down the Hudson past Greenwich, Downtown, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty and up the East River and back around. It took about 3 hours and was a cruisy way to spend the afternoon and get a bit more informed about the city and it's 5 boroughs, which are...Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

The master chef, Tiff, cooked us up another feed for tea...