Wednesday Walk: NYC-Penn Station to South Ferry

Since I am posting about my trip to New York City, let me take you on a 3.6 mile walk through the streets of Manhattan.

Thanks to @dodovietnam for inspiring me to post these Wednesday Walks! It was fun to see that this walk was on a Wednesday too!

Penn Station

Jodi and I took the train from Hartford, Connecticut to Penn Station. The train ticket was $30 and let me tell you that is so much better then renting a car, paying for gas and parking and driving in NYC. The train ride was great.

NYC streets

It was noisy chaos as we left the station. Maybe because the train ride and station were so quite. My senses were quite overwhelmed for a time.

Map of route

Here is a map of our route. It is 3.6 miles and took us about 3 hours. We enjoyed all there was to see and do along the way.

Rivaloi's

As we planning our trip we talked about getting NYC pizza. So when we saw this little pizza place we stopped for lunch. It was yummy and the man behind the counter was so nice!

Gardens

I have been to NYC numerous times and the thing that surprised me most as we walked down the lower side of Manhattan were the amount of community gardens.
For more info see my post Share Our World: 3 small gardens in Manhattan.

Street Art

I do really like street art! Jodi and I saw a few great pieces along the way.

Sites along the way

One World Trade Center

As first timers to the 9/11 memorial we weren't sure what we were looking for and went into this very modern building to find out it was a transit and shopping center. It is across from the 9/11 museum and memorial.

9/11 Memorial

The museum was closed the day we were there. We did get to see and experience this very moving memorial. Read this post for more about the Share Our World: 9/11 Memorial in NYC