So today we have had a slower day!  We have muscles complaining about the amount of walking we have been doing – Monday was 17 km, Tuesday was 18 km and yesterday was 19km.  Not bad hey!

We caught the subway to Downtown New York this morning (please note I am getting the NY linger!)

We went to visit the 911 Tribute Memorial Museum, and then the 911 Memorial Museum – the latter being far more informative and interesting, in our opinion.  The latter is on the site where the Twin Towers were hit.  To see how the steel pillars were bent with the impact, and hear recordings of family members who lost their loved ones was chilling.  A day that will never be forgotten by those of us who are old enough to remember it.

The building below is called the Oculus – very strange architecture!  It is a shopping centre and a hub of subway stations.

We then proceeded across the road to the One World Observatory – the highest building in NY.  We zoomed up 102 floors in 47 seconds!  (Your ears take a little longer to get there!) Here we had 360 degree views of NY.  Again it was beautifully clear.  We sat and shared a pepperoni flatbread for lunch – quantities are huge! – admiring the view.  There is no outside deck here, so our pics may not be very clear – apologies!

We almost got lost finding our train back to Midtown, but we managed!  We walked up to Times Square to see it by day.  Not as exciting as it is at night!

We returned to our hotel to book tickets for a Broadway show – we are off to Aladdin this evening! So excited!   (The song from Aladdin – A whole new world was our opening dance at our wedding).  And I needed to do a little work.

Today has been chilly, but not as cold unless you got hit by the wind! I think we got to 0 degrees in the “heat” of the day!

When we get to Miami on Saturday it is forecast to be about 15 degrees – we are going to feel like it is mid summer!

That is all for today from The Travelling Taylors.