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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

New York, New York!

OK, it isn't a great photo but you get the idea. This is from our hotel room on the 48th floor, overlooking Times Square. The thing is, our room had windows on three sides so in the morning this is what we could see:

The same view south
The view north (you can see Central Park)

And the view west. If you make the picture larger you can see the USS New York which arrived in the City that morning. It's the Navy ship which contains 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center towers. It doesn't look like any ship you've ever seen. The com towers mast, whatever are encased in sheets of steel so it looks very strange. There were sailors and marines all over and the entire City was excited to have them there. It was very, very cool.

Tomorrow it's off on the big trek.

1 comment:

  1. Dubai is unreal! As you are seeing such beautiful areas I was at the dollar store looking for polar express decor. Hmmmm who would you rather be me or you? Love the pics and descriptions of your visit. For some reason I couldn't post a comment under Salaam. XOXO

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