Day 6
Trip Start
Mar 13, 2007
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Trip End
Mar 25, 2007
New York City, New York
Monday, March 19, 2007
After Breakfast we went back to New York City through the Lincoln Tunnel. The dividing line between New Jersey and New York is in the middle of the tunnel.
We arrived at Battery Park and Mr. Washington got our tickets. We caught the Circle Line Ferry to Liberty Park to see the Statue of Liberty. The Statue was amazing.
We then took the Ferry to Ellis Island for lunch. We were short on time and did not see much of the building.
Back on Manhattan, we met our guide, Bruce Roberts. He told us that New York is a city of 8 million people. Five million more come into work every week day.
We visited Ground Zero where the World Trade Center used to stand. Each building was 110 stories high. On 9/11 over 3,000 people died, 300 whom were firemen.
A new monument was open 6 months ago as a memorial to the fallen Fire Fighter.
We pasted by St. Paul's Chapel. It dates back before the Revolutionary War. The pew that George Washington said his prayers is still there. Miraculously, only one piece of glass was broken during the 9/11 disaster. The street that St. Paul's is on used to be the northern boundary of New York City.
We passed through Tribeca. Tribeca stands for TRIangle BElow CAnal (Street). It is home to many movie stars like, Julia Roberts and Robert DeNiro.
We then drove through Chinatown, a bargain district, were over 30 dialects are spoken.
Next, Mr. Roberts introduced Greenwich Village. It is home to many teaching hospitals like New York University Medical Center and Beth Israel Hospital.
We also learned about Herald Square, the Fashion District, The Tribeca Movie Festival, Bryant Park and Central Park.
Finally, we headed back to Clarke, New Jersey where most of us had dinner at Tarantelle's Restaurante. Stevenson had the most expensive steak out of our party.
Justin Kam - Reporting
As the pictures show, some of us were a little tired. Also, it was a cold day ... with the wind chill, it was about 10-20F. The Ferry rides were especially brisk. We see a lot of Downtown Manhattan. Sean and I had some really wicked Pizza for dinner.
Tommorrow will be Midtown Manhattan before leaving for Philadelphia.
Mr. Nish
Comments
thanks Ed
The update was great! The photos even better! Looks like the kids are enjoying snow ball fights! That is so great! The rest of New England is so crazy with more snow, but HMS is LOVING IT. YEAH!!! Take care, we miss you, but know that you are having the time of your lives! Grade 4
Aloha from Hawaii!
Hi to all the 5th graders, parents, Mrs. Yap and Mr. Nish! You're all doing a great job on the daily entries. It is so exciting to read about your daily travels! I wish I was there with you! Seeing the pics remind me of when I was on the East Coast... I look forward to reading about the rest of your travels. Enjoy the rest of the trip, take care and stay warm! - Sincerely, Tina Sensei
Just like TV!
Oh my gosh! I'm getting quite envious of you all! You are totally going to allt he places that were featured on the Treasure Hunters show a while back!! I'm so excited for you that you get to experience these things first hand rather than just seeing them on TV! So cool!
Ms.T
From Ariel and Jenn
Hi everybody, this is Ariel and Jennifer reporting live from the Apple Store in Kahala Mall!! We just did our shopping homework.
Did you guys fun the Phantom of the Opera? Is it better than the movie?
Tell Conner and her dad we saw Logan and Mom at Kahala!
Tell Ashley that Jennifer already read
5,000 pages exact.
Tell Kelcie for nintendogs on the Dalmatian game got
Shetland Sheepdog pups. (She will know what I mean.):)
Me and Ariel are lonely at school.
We can't wait untill everyone comes back. Hiroki and Jay aren't themselfs latley.
Jenn:Say Hello to everyone for me! Tell them I miss them alot and its not the same here in Oahu without them.
Ariel: I miss everyone!! I'm going Kauai next week!!!!!!! :)
Hi!
Hi! I miss you guys alot. I wish you were here. Jenn, I didn't read that much on this trip. So you will probably read more than me. Also what do you mean Jay and Hiroki aren't acting like themselves lately? In a good way or a bad way?
I miss you,
Ashley