On Sunday around ten IBM interns and I made a trip into New York. We split into two main groups at the beginning: those who wanted to go to museums, and those who wanted to wander the city. I joined the wandering groups and we walked from Grand Central to Times Square , down Broadway to the Empire State Building. The day was cloudy, so we we decided to pass on going up; perhaps another weekend.
After that we wondered off to Greenwich Village and Soho, Little Italy (where we ate lunch), and China Town, before heading off to Ground Zero. I had never seen the World Trade Center pre 9/11, so it’s really hard to imagine exactly how much the area has changed. Based on the photos and using the surrounding buildings for comparison, it’s almost sickening.
Moving on, went went south to Battery Park, back north through the financial district and Wall Street, and past several court houses (all the time making the Law and Order “Dun-Dun!”). Finally, we took Park Ave. back to Grand Central and the train back to Ossining, about 10 miles north of my apartment.
If you don’t see the humor in this picture, you don’t know what I do.
Finally, it ended at Landmark Diner, which was actually really good. Three of the four of us who made it all the way to the end had enormous three-egg omelets and home fries and cleaned the pates.
So that was my first real trip into the city, as terse as possible, since I’m really not in a writing mood at the moment. My main reason for writing this is to post my pictures for the other member of the entourage. So, here is a tarball.
