A New Year for New York
It was Wednesday night when we arrived in New York City. We hailed a car from Penn Station and ran into a small disagreement with our driver. He wasn’t a taxi driver, but a town car service. We asked if he would charge taxi cab rates and he told us he would. But, when we arrived at our destination, he tried to rip us off for $150! My husband and I, both refused to pay him. I even when so far to stop a few locals to ask them if we were correct that he was ripping us off. They all agreed saying we should only be charged $50 max for a 40 minute ride from Penn Station. I guess he thought we were ignorant tourist, but he soon learned he was wrong. It did cost us $75 though, cause he wouldn’t pop his trunk open for us to retrieve our luggage, until we agreed on that fare.
Moving on, we were staying at one of the better NY hotels in the Tribeca area, which was not too far from Ground Zero. Our accommodation were luxurious, better than expected. After we settled in and calmed down from our incident, we ventured out for a bit and found a nice pub called Reade Pub and Grill. We downed a few cocktails and had a few snacks before we headed back to our accommodations for a good night’s sleep.
We woke up early and headed out for a tour of the city. It was snowing, which my husband and I are really enjoying. We found our way to a subway and stopped at the Times Square station. We decided to purchase tickets to the Gray Line tour, which will take us for 2 days on 3 separate tours. Even though it was snowing, wet and cold, we made the best of it. The first tour took us from Times Square to Ground Zero and we got off to do some walking. We stopped at a deli to have some lunch. We toured for the entire day, taking the Staten Island Ferry to Ellis Island and see the Statue of Liberty and then we walked to Pier 17. Then we caught the tour bus back to Times Square were it was becoming quite busy and full of people getting ready for the New Years Eve festivities. There were crowds everywhere and the New York City Police were out in full force.
We ended back at the pub we were at last night, we thought this would be a nice warm place to bring in the New Years. The pub began to get very crowded also and there was a great musician playing. We danced, drank and sang the night away. It was so fun. We kissed at Midnight and both wish the best for this coming new year.
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