New York City in a Flash

Here we are on the 2 hour train ride into the city:

This is as close as we got to the Statue of Liberty....if you squint you might be able to make out the shape:

Ahh...the very flashy lights and large billboards of Time Square:


Even though we didn't ride the ferry, we figured we needed to get the classic "Staten-Island-Ferry" picture:

We rode to the top of the Empire State Building (a 2 hour endeavor), and spent probably five minutes at the top actually looking around:

The Empire State Building:

So that is a quick summary of our hurried trip through New York City. Here are my thoughts on the "City that Never Sleeps": While it is a place everyone should visit in their lifetime, I find nothing exceptionally appealing about running through the city stumbling the whole way because you are trying to read a map to figure out where you are compared to where you want to be, waiting in line for 2 hrs to do anything or eat anything, trying to figure out the subway system on your own because heaven forbid a New Yorker be kind enough to tell you which direction you are headed, all the while breathing in the very disgustingly strange smells that pollute the air.

Despite all that, there is something very intriguing about being in a city where so much is always happening. The people are fascinating, and I couldn't help but glance around on the subway and wonder what each person is doing in such a big city.