I am in New York City!

After a fairly smooth bus trip, we arrived in NYC at about 3:00 pm. I can see the Brooklyn Bridge from our hotel room, as evidenced by the photo below. Southside Seaport is an especially lovely section of the city with nice stores and great restaurants. Today, after settling in, we took the subway into Brooklyn to meet Charles for a short tour. We visited the not-so-famous memorial for martyred prisoners from the prison ships and talked to a lovely man from Paris, France. When members of our group said they were from Paris (Maine) he got confused and started speaking French. Charles then took us to his super cool apartment for a lovely garden party. We all decided he was "living the life". We ended the evening at a sushi restaurant right across from the hotel. Tomorrow we spend a very history filled day with Charles and Ed as they take us to Ellis Island.

The entrance to Charles' amazing apartment.

In the garden.

The memorial for Martyred Prisoners.

The view from my 3rd floor window.