New York revisited and Philadelphia

Introduction : New York revisited and Philadelphia

The summer of 2015 meant a revisit to New York this time as a tourist and a short day trip to Philadelphia. Taking the family meant that my NY visit was a proper tourist trap laden outing. But well worth it. So these page will be useful for those planning a visit or just a scroll through memory lane for those of you who have been there.

Our way

Was to buy the New York City Pass before our visit and this meant that we traversed the city a lot more smoothly than we thought we would. The City pass has separate lines that allows you to skip most of the queues. We ordered and paid for ours over the internet and picked up the ticket booklet at the first place we went to see on the list.

Roc and Empire

We did the Roc by day and the Empire State by night so that we could sample the day time and night time views. Here are some of out pictures from the day.

Statue of Liberty

The second day was the Statue of liberty, to avoid the queues start early. We went on a spectacularly good day with blue sky and limited summer humidity.  We didnt have the podium or crown tickets which have to be reserved in advance. Just as a guide the crown has to be reserved 2-3 months in advance and the podium weeks to a month. As great as visiting these point would be there are enough high points in NY and you'll need to pick and chose the ones you want.

Here are some of our selected pictures from the Status of Liberty. Note the ferry also visits Ellis Island and I'm told that there is a really interesting museum there but I've never been despite visiting the Statue of Liberty three times. Guess I'll have to go a fourth time !!!