The Lady and Ellis Island

Today was visiting the Statue of Liberty and visiting Ellis Island.  First we stopped to see the WTC site, but could really see much.  For some reason they had partitions up to prevent easy viewing.  I did manage to get one picture of the construction site:

Then we walked down to Wall Street where we had to take the tourist shot

Then we grabbed some sandwiches to go and headed down to Battery Park to catch the ferry to Liberty Island and then Ellis Island.  There was a very cool statue in Battery Park commemorating those who died in WWII.

After that it was that most NY of all pastimes, waiting in line

But at least there was entertainment

Then at last we met the Lady

We walked around and then found the line where you could go into the pedestal (they don't let you go up to the crown anymore) and after spending 30 minutes in line, we got to a place where there was a park ranger and she told us that it was at least another hour before we got into the pedestal.  We decided that it wasn't worth the wait, so we took off and stood in another line to get on the ferry to take us over to Ellis Island.

Ellis Island was really fascinating.  They've done a great job of providing information on what it was like to be an immigrant coming through there.  Here are the desks where the immigration clerks would decide your fate.  Clearly you'd prefer Susan to me!

We took one of the last ferries back, then got on the subway to make our way back to the hotel.  After a little rest we went to a nearby Indian restaurant that was really good.  Then on the way back to our hotel, we find that just one block over there is a food festival going on, including a booth from the restaurant we ate at!

Tomorrow is our last day in the city.  We'll spend the morning getting packed for the trip, then we're going to head down to Little Italy for lunch, and then cruise through SoHo.  Then if we have time we might go back to the Museum of Natural History, as we didn't really have time to see everything we wanted the first time.  Then after dinner it'll be off to the airport to catch our flight to London (which doesn't leave until 10:20 PM).  So the next entry should be from somewhere in England!