COMBES FAMILY: NEW YORK, 2009 14TH ANNIVERSARY

For our anniversay, Jason surprised me by taking me to New York. I was lucky that Labor Day was a little later this year, because Jason was going to be out of town this week anyway and would be gone for our anniversary. So we went a little early. I had to come home today, but Jason is still there. We had so much fun. On Saturday we went on the double decker bus tour. We saw all the major sites around New York. We stopped at the South Seaport Pier and we had lunch, walked to ground zero, and then went on a harbor cruise around the Statue of Liberty. We then finished the downtown loop of our tour. That night we went on the night bus tour that took us over the Manhatten Bridge and to to Brooklyn to get a great view of the Manhatten Skyline. On Sunday we toured the uptown loop where we went to Central Park and Harlem. We learned alot of history and saw alot of the city this way. We then went to the broadway show Wicked. It was sooooo good. We loved it. We had really good seats and enjoyed every minute of it. We ended the day walking thru tons of people in Times Square. It was packed with people. I really enjoyed the weekend. We had lots of fun. I have a great husband!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to go back again.

Here we are in Central Park, behind me is the Plaza Hotel

This is St. Patrick's church. When we went inside there was a wedding in progress. We got to watch some of it.

Here is a picture of the Empire State Building at night. Each holiday it has different colors at the top. This week it is red, white, and blue for September 11th.

The Statue of Liberty

On our harbor cruise.

Pier 17 where we had lunch outside on the pier and where we boarded the harbor cruise tour.

WALL STREET

Of course, here's Jason at the beginning of Wall Street. Below is the New York Stock Exchange building in which Jason will stand with the Rio Tinto president next year and ring the opeining bell.

GROUND ZERO

Here in background you will see a large crane. This is where the twin towers once stood. Below this picture was taken when the gate briefly opened for a truck to get in. The mood is very somber and respectful at ground zero,

Here is the Peace Bell which London gave to the United States after the attack of Sept. 11th
Below is the little small church of St. Paul that is still standing right behind ground zero. Here inside the church is the memorial place for Sept. 11th. Inside the church there is all the information times and dates of which things happened after the attack it also served as volunteer headquaters for Sept. 11th. This place was my favorite part of the city. With all the destruction it's amazing that this small church is still standing.