Lady Pen in New York

We had reserve tickets to go into the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty (this is to go to the base not to the crown)unfortunately crown tickets are sold out months and months in advance.So we had to be up early and get down to Battery Park where we get the Ferry over to Liberty island,thank god we had reserve these tickets there must off been a queue at least a mile long just to purchase tickets never mind the ones queuing up for the ferry after that.Here we came just strolled right to the front 35 mins later we have cleared security and were on the boat,(if you are thinking off visiting the Statue my advice book your tickets in advance unless you like to queue for 2/3 hours plus)and this isn't even tourist season yet how lucky we were last time.The tickets allowed us to go into the Liberty museum and inside the pedestal, what great views you get of Manhattan when you come out into the open,look at the new World Trade Centre (North Tower its the one with the crane on it to the left off the picture)appearing into the skyline this was only about 9 storeys high when we came just before christmas.The new towers are going to supersede the old ones by 10 floors making them a staggering 125 floors, definately a big shout to the world saying we will always come back bigger and better no matter what you do to us, a true testament to the city and people who live there.How fortunate we were when we visited the souvenir shop we came across a Statue look alike standing a massive 4'10" tall so i thought it would be rude not to get a photo of her lol.
Ater visiting Ellis Island last time i wasnt really up for doing it again after a little persausion we both agreed to go straight back to the mainland, up to this point it had taken us over 3 hours and us wanting to take in some many other things time was of the essence.This is where our little legs were made to work we headed off to the Beautiful Brooklyn Bridge i wanted to walk over it last time but we didnt have the chance, i wasnt about to pass this opportunity up in a

hurry.We took a little detour towards Wall Street and the Famous Bull, Lady Pen decided she couldn't pass on having a look to see if the Bull was in proportion (i'll leave that to you to decide, maybe the big smile from her will give you a clue lol)after fianally managing to drag her away from the Bull we headed to the site of the World Trade Centre, you can see how much progress has been made.We eventually got on to Brooklyn Bridge and what Fabulous views you get off The Manhattan Bridge, Downtown Manhattan and the harbour with The Statue of Liberty in the background and lucky for us we had a beautiful sunset to cap of another brilliant day.