We wanted to see New York City from the top... way up top! I had done a lot of research on which building had the best view of the city - the Empire State Building or Rockefeller Center. The reviews were almost equally split but leaned a bit more toward Rockefeller Center. Scott had been up on the Empire State Building, so we opted for Top of the Rock! I wanted to see the city during the day but also wanted to be up there at sunset, and we timed it just perfectly. We arrived at Rockefeller Center and strolled around a bit outside before heading up.
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| Looking up from the bottom of Rockefeller Center |
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| Scott and the girls under the flags from across the plaza. |
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| Inside Rockefeller Center looking up at an icicle chandelier |
We got our tickets, got in line at the elevator, and took our ride up, up, up and up. The doors opened and we stepped out to see the city from the inside of the building, which was quite an amazing site! Then we stepped outside onto the roof. UNBELIEVABLE! Buildings as far as I could see!
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| From inside the building. |
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| Looking at the Empire State Building |
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| View of Central Park from Top of the Rock |
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Empire State Building again... I couldn't
stop taking pictures! |
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| Times Square from Top of the Rock! |
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| The sun beginning to go down on the west side of the building. |
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Check out the crane dangling from the top of
that skyscraper being built! |
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Can you imagine being in that crane?
Not enough money in the world to get me in that thing! |
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| Central Park from Top of the Rock! |
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| Sunset from Top of the Rock! |
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I wish my camera could have captured the
incredible colors from this sunset! |
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From the Top of the Rock with
the Empire State Building in the background. |
My new favorite saying... "You rock like the Top of the Rock." It was an absolutely amazing way to see the city and was one of my favorite parts of the trip! We reluctantly finished up at Rockefeller Center and headed back down to start the trek back to our hotel for the night. We were too tired to even think about what to eat for dinner, so I suggested we see what we could find in the food court at Grand Central Station. After all, eating at Grand Central Station was on my list of things to do, so that was pretty convenient. It was getting late and some of the places were getting close to closing up for the night. Daddy spotted a pizza place and, since we all really enjoyed the first NY pizza so much, we were all for getting another one. We ordered it to go and took it back to our room so we could relax and settle in for the night. It did not disappoint. It was yummy, and we ended up having some leftovers to put in the fridge for breakfast. :-)
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