Sunday, SUNDAY, Sunday!

Sunday July 10.  After a pretty full first day of travel and activities, we slept in a bit.  I was awakened by the alarm from the room next door THAT WOULD NOT STOP!  It was 9:00, so I didn't let it bother me too much.  However, once awake I couldn't get back to sleep.  I headed downstairs to grab some coffee and asked Andrew to come along because he was semi-awake.  He came down and joined me and was followed by Dan and Kylie a little while later.

Continuing with our Gray Line Tour, we got on the Downtown Loop bus, which was a "hop on, hop off" ride. We opted to get off at the Empire State Building. 

While there, we bought the NY Skyride tickets and got to see a movie ahead of time that made me feel a little queasy!  We rode up to the 86th floor and took a look around.  The kids were sad that the attendants controlled the elevators, as they wanted to light all the buttons and say, "Heeey, it looks just like a Christmas tree!"

 

We got back on another Downtown Loop bus and traveled past Battery Park and back up to Rockefeller Center.  We hopped off here and first went into the beautiful St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Next we went to "The Top of the Rock" in Rockefeller Center.  The views from there are spectacular, both of Central Park to the North and of the Empire State Building/Chrysler Building/Statue of Liberty to the South.

As an aside, Dan was quite the hit with a lot of the attendants and security people.  He was wearing a t-shirt with a picture of "The Big Lebowski" on it and the word "Abide" beneath it.  One guy started laughing out loud and even pulled his buddies over to see it.  It was so funny how many men found that so amusing!  Here is Dan proudly displaying his t-shirt!

Andrew was happy to buy a pretzel from a street vendor.  Mom was happy to take a photo of the street vendor and his cart.  LOL.

We capped off the day with a very late dinner at the Brooklyn Diner.  Andrew was very thirsty, as you can see by the photo.  He downed the water in his small glass, the water in my small glass, and the water in a larger glass the waiter brought over specifically for him.  He did this several times!  Dinner was very good and we were happy to have such a wonderful day to look back on.