James in DC

We arrived back in DC around 1:30am. We ubered home at all were in bed by 3am. James and Tuf were way more decidated then Anthony and I and they got up at 6am to go stand in line to get Washington Monument tickets. It was freezing cold and crazy windy. Friends, don't think I will do this for you, because I will not. 

We left the house around 12pm, had lunch at a Chinese restaurant by our house and then our first stop was to Great Falls.

After Great Falls, we drove into downtown DC and went to the Washington Monument.

Because of the crazy wind of the past couple days all the cherry blossoms were gone. And probably because we were all exhausted we did not walk around the momnutment. But rather we went back to Maryland for dinner. 

Mere being creepy in a close space with people.

For dinner we took James to our favorite DC restaurant - Matchbox. If you visit us in DC, you will go to Matchbox and you will love it!>

This concludes James east coast adventures. He left early Monday morning and the rest of us went back to normal like on the east coast - work and preparing for our next guests.

One World Trade Center & Ride Home

After Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island we went to the 9/11 Museum. I had been to the 9/11 Museum in February and to see those pictures, click here. The 9/11 is a must see if or in NYC. Remember how I went to New York in February, well when we were planning this April trip, I thought we could do things as quickly as I did in February. But like DC, NYC has a tourist season and it starts in the spring. Therefore, there are lines and you are not the only person going to these places. I did not account for standing in line when buying tickets. We ended up spending an extra hour at the 9/11 museum - bu thankful the One World Trade Center Observatory is flexible with their day time hours. 

One World Trade Center is beautiful day or night.

 

Before you see the view of NYC from 102 floors above ground they show you this awesome video. 

 

Seriously, if you are NYC go to One World Trade Center you will not be disappointed.

Looking down at the footprints of where the towers once stood...that alone is a somber moment.

Fire Truck outside of One World Trade Center - Still Standing.

After a quick bite to eat, we got back on the subway to head to Midtown to find our bus.

On our bus ride back to DC we had a table on the bottom deck of the bus. The table was so much better. We played Ticket to Ride on our phones and tried to ignore the crazy scary windy, rainy ride home. 

James and I apparently can't take a good picture together. 

James - no eyes, Mere - crazy eyes.

It was an excellent 2 days in NYC. I love this city and appreciate it more and more every time I go.

Statue of LIberty & Ellis Island

Day 2 in NYC. We started the day by going to the Statue of Liberty! During our ticketing process online the week prior there were some issues with our original tickets and when we got our new tickets, we didn't look at them. Well we were suppose to be able to go up to the pedestal at the Statue of Liberty, but our new tickets said ground only. But we still made the best of it and got some fun pictures!

Ellis Island

Back in Manhattan, we stumbled upon these cool globes in Battery Park.