Another clear, sunny day. Again about 0 degrees. We took the bus down 9th Ave to 14th Street. There we went for a walk on the Highline. This is an old railway line which has been rejuvenated as a walking track (with further extensions planned). It has been beautifully done, to look like a disused overgrown railway. Many people saunter along it on a fine day. It is elevated above the streets, so has quite a good view.
From there we caught the C line subway to the Staten Island ferry terminal, right at the bottom of the Island. The free ferry goes every 20-30 minutes. There are up to 2000 people on it! Just walk on & walk off, very streamlined. So we had a good view back over Manhatten while on the 25 minute trip. It was too cold and windy to do too much walking about so we did a short walk near the docks and caught the next ferry back.
Back in town we met Michelle and went shoe shopping. John managed to find 2 nice pairs to replace ones he's worn to death. Liz and Michelle were not so lucky. We had dinner at a cheap diner at Grand Central Station and then headed home. We were joined by Michelles friend Lisa and we all went out for a drink at the Marriot before going off to midnight mass at St Malachys, a small gothic church about 2 blocks from Michelles place.
After mass we came home and rang various family members in NZ before finally getting to be about 2.47am.
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