Christmas in NY, part 2

Friday was another full day of touring around the city. The weather was quite the contrast to the day before. Colder and much more windy, it definitely felt like winter had arrived.




We of course had to stop by Wall Street, thankfully all the Occupy Wallstreet crap was cleaned up & didn't spoil our visit.











Perhaps the most memorable stop of the day was the visit the new 9-11 memorial site & St. Paul's church.








Tthis was the only remaining tree or plant left behind in the 9-11 devestation, since 9-11 it was transplanted to a farm in PA to be nurtered back to health & was replanted at the new 9-11 memorial just a few days before Hurricane Irene struck NYC. Thankfully it survived. It is called the Tree of Hope.




This is one of the new WTC buildings being built.

We returned late Friday night for a Christmas party being thrown by some friends of ours and happily collapsed into bed afterwords, exhausted after the many miles we walked over the last few days.

Brent and I have plans to travel back up again in the Spring to enjoy more of the wonderful parks and outdoor activities that NYC has to offer but I have a feeling it will take quite a few more trips to see it all!