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Day 3 comes with the promise of a lot of rain. We started with breakfast in what can only be described as a classic New York diner with crowds, a frenetic pace, and gruff but polite service. Then it was off to St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Flatiron Building.  We had planned to check out the Hi Line, a long abandoned elevated rail service that has been repurposed into a natural area.  However, the rain convinced us to move on and head back to the airport early for our flight home; a fortuitous move since our flight was canceled and we had to make other arrangements for getting home. Now we sit in a rental car headed for Vermont.

Day 2 in New York City Breakfast in Hell's Kitchen  9/11 Memorial  Ferry from Battery Park to Liberty Island, then from Liberty to Ellis Island for a hard-hat tour of part of the unrestored portion of the hospital Ferry back to Battery Park, Manhattan and metro to dinner Last stop for the day was an evening walk from Brooklyn (we took the subway over) to Manhattan by way of the Brooklyn Bridge 

Day 1 in New York City Learn to navigate the Metro Times Square USS Intrepid Central Park (pictured) Strawberry Fields (memorial of John Lennon) Check in to the hotel Empire State Building  Chinatown (dinner at House Special, a small restaurant that mostly the locals eat at) Now it's time to rest our weary bones before we do more tomorrow!