PapaMarshall

NYC23 – Day 6 – 11/23/23 – THANKSGIVING

This was an officially designated Lazy Morning.
Breakfast was a run to Dunkin (for those who were awake)

Followed by card games on the bed (for those who were awake)

Followed by the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Which we watched just like most of the rest of the world – on our TV

Following lunch (more leftovers; a room with a refrigerator/microwave/sink is pretty cool when your constant stream of restaurant meals tends to collect leftovers.) we walked over to Radio City Music Hall for the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular show.

  • Note the ‘Crowd Wrangler’ in white carrying a barber pole
  • Front row balcony seats!
  • Projecting on the ceiling – Note the TWO theatre organs.
  • Fabulous chandelier in the lobby

The show was indeed spectacular. In addition to the theatre organs there was a full orchestra on a floating stage. They made extensive use of projections onto the ceiling. They even had drones dressed as fairies. And the Rockettes themselves were as great as ever.

Our next stop was the southern tip of the island – the oldest part of town and the financial district.
This being Thanksgiving things were closed but Kim had scheduled time to wander and check out some of the great sites.

  • Battery Park
  • Sunset from Battery Park
  • World Trade Center (building with a spire)
  • Customs house – Now the National Museum of the Native American
  • The bull was quite popular
  • Trinity Church (at the head of Wall Street)
  • New York Stock Exchange
  • Making a stand
  • Federal Hall – site of the first US capitol

Our tour of colonial New York City wound up at Fraunce’s Tavern – the tavern where Washington gave his farewell address to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War.

  • “The oldest and most historic bar in the city”
  • Hugely popular this night
  • The group gathered
  • For a traditional Thanksgiving Feast

It was a great almost end to another exceptional day.
Following dinner Chris, Jesse, and Spencer headed back to the hotel while Cheryl, Kim and I did a bit more wandering.

  • St. Paul’s Chapel
  • The Oculus (it’s a shopping center/Metro station)
  • The 9/11 Memorial
  • Interesting sculptures around the Oculus
  • Some of them interactive
  • Chess anyone?

From there it was back to the hotel for us,
to rest,
and prepare for a new day tomorrow.
More then,
R