A Tiny Bite out of the Big Apple

So...now that were all caught up on the year...onto our recent vacation blogs. These blogs will be spaced out a little, I know you don't want ALL the information and photos at once ;). Plus, it keeps the rest of our summer interesting.

This June, Tyler and I took our DREAM VACATION to GREECE! Here's Tyler at the SLC Airport. We took the red eye delta flight to JFK.


On the way there, we made a quick stop in NYC. Since we had a 10 hour layover, we decided to make the most of it and visit this great city. We've only been once before and missed a very important sight-The Statue of Liberty!

Well I did my research and once we got out of the airport, we would only have about 6 hours in NYC. It's not quite enough time to visit Liberty Island because of security lines. So we did the next best thing-the Staten Island Ferry. Even better-it's free :)

So we hopped on the Metro, stopped for breakfast at Au Bon Pain-yummy, saw a few of NYC pretty buildings and churches, and headed to Battery Park.


Once the ferry left the port, you get a marvelous view of south Manhattan.


It was really exciting approaching Liberty Island. It was a great experience to think of what the Statue of Liberty means. How our ancestors must have felt coming into the United States and passing by such a symbol of freedom. I loved it!

Left: Statue of Liberty
Right: Ellis Island

Beautiful Lady Liberty herself. It was amazing just passing by. I can't wait till the day we go back and actually visit Liberty Island and Ellis Island.