We got up and got ready on Friday morning, and after dropping Anson at the sitter's we drove up to NYC, and easy and pleasant drive with good company. Our first stop was the Cloisters. Felt like I was back in France.
After the Cloisters we drove clear to the tip of the island and deposited the car at a parking garage for the weekend (spot hero app was great at finding us cheap parking. Sometimes phones and apps are the worst, sometimes they are the best). We stayed at a place called Sonder, a SF startup akin to airbnb, but designed to get around city laws that outlaw such places. It was so inexpensive and besides needing to be vacuumed was super great. New, nice, great location right next to the stock exchange. So anyway, we walked from the garage to Sonder and left our bags and went for a walkabout. We walked over to the 9/11 memorial area and ate the MOST scrummy dinner at Eataly. That place is a must visit. All groceries and food Italian to be found there.
As we were right by the 9/11 museum and it didn't close for a few hours we bought tickets and went. It was powerful, moving, sobering, and really incredibly well done. The location is under the memorial in the foot print of the World Trade Center. The scale of it all is really brought home as you wander through the massive foundations.
After the museum we meandered the few blocks home, and said goodnight to Fearless Girl outside the stock exchange.
3 comments:
This is wonderful. I had no idea how extensive this trip was.
Sooooo glad we made New York happen - the best!
I fear the 9/11 memorial will wreck me.
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