New York 2001 Part 2
Last updated by Hector on 12/29/2008 12:08:57 PM
Friday June 15th, 2001 / Viernes 15 de junio del 2001. Karla woke up with blisters, so she put on some Band-Aids and tennis shoes. We went (in the subway again) to the station where we could get the ferry to the Statue of the Liberty and Ellis Island. The size of the statue can be seen if you notice the little people in the picture of the foot. The statue is not filled, it’s made of copper with a two-penny thickness and people can go to the crown to see NYC. Karla amanecio con ampollas; se puso curitas y tenis y los dos salimos a la calle desde temprano. Nos fuimos en metro a la estacion donde tomamos la lancha para la Estatua de la Libertad y la isla Ellis. La estatua es imponente, bella y parece que a los Europeos les causa mucha mas emocion que a los Mexicanitos :) Para que se den cuenta del tamaño de la estatua, vean la patita de la señora y la gente debajo (casi no se ven). No esta rellena, sino que es una cubierta de metal del grosor de 2 monedas de diez centavos. La gente sube al mirador que esta en la frente de la estatua.
This was funny :) Chequense esto :) 
The city of New York behind us from the island. It was a foggy day. Nueva York se ve desde la isla. Como veran estaba aneblinado. 
Ellis Island was the entering port where millions of immigrants arrived to the States. We liked this place a lot. It's a museum with migration info, and it's a cool place. La isla Ellis es donde estaban las oficinas de migracion y recibian a los miles de inmigrantes de Europa por decadas. Ahora es un museo con la infomacion de toda la gente que vino a poblar Estados Unidos.
After that we walked to Wall Street (just a few blocks from the ferry station) and we saw the Stock Exchange Buildings. All the buildings are so tall that we barely could see the sunlight in there. And it was a busy day there. Despues de ahi caminamos a Wall Street que quedaba a unas cuantas cuadras. Los edificios son enormes y pegaditos, asi que no llega la luz del sol tan facil. Ahi estaban los trajeados jugandose millones de dolarucos.
Then we walked to the World Trade Center, which is now the tallest building in NYC (although New Yorkers love the Empire State the most... I wonder if it's because of king Kong). The World Trade Center is a four-buildings place where two of them are the skyscrapers. In the bottom there's a mall. De ahi caminamos al World Trade Center, un conjunto de cuatro edificios, dos de ellos los rascacielos mas altos de NY. Abajo es un centro comercial.
From there we went to see the Brooklyn Bridge, so we could also stop and see the City Hall. We walked to South St Seaport where there's an open area with restaurants and shops. We had a nice dinner there. We walked around the area, which seemed like a downtown-type, with lots of small stores, cafes, bookstores, etc. De ahi al puente Brooklyn, un puente hermoso y famosisimo arquitectonicamente. Paseamos por la bahia y cenamos ahi, en unas sombrillitas al aire libre. Paseamos por ese lado de la ciudad y de regreso antes de ir al hotel estuvimos en una esquina de Central Park.
Hector in Central Park. Isn’t he handsome? Hector en Central Park. ¿A poco no esta guapisimo? 
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