sightseeing

18.7.09 - 19.7.09
After a 8 hour sleep I woke up at 06:30. As I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep any longer I got up, ate breakfast and went out. My first stop wallstreet and the financial district. I walked all the way down to the sea.
After a visit at the ground zero (I didn't see anything) I took the Subway and went to the port where I booked a 3 hour boats tour around Manhattan. The tour was very impressing and I saw a lot so I would say it was worth the money.
I didn't know what to do afterwards so I just walked to a bar. I was a little hungry so I ordered a snack. Well I thought It was going to be a snack. It was so much so I didn't have to eat dinner that night. Welcome to America I thought to myself =).
At 19:00 I finally had my ticket to the Empire State Building. It took me one more hour to get up there. I even had a ticket to the 102nd floor. Wow. That was high. Over 400 meters. As I wanted to see the sunset and New York at night, I think I spent 2 - 2.5 hours up there.
I believe it took me as long to get down as it took me to get up so when I got out, it was so late that I just went to my B&B.
The next morning, I slept a little longer. Today was going to be the cheap part of the sightseeing. I started out in Chinatown, followed by little Italy. As I headed Uptown, I found a street market going on. A nice coincidence. It was a nice market with lots of stuff so I spent 2 hours there.
In the afternoon I went to the Central Park. I didn't do much except writing post cards and enjoying the peace and quiet.
Even though I've just seen a little of NYC, I've done enough sightseeing. Tomorrow I'm just going to do some shopping and enjoy my last night in Town for this time.