Monday, July 22, 2013

East Coast Getaway - New York & Niagara Falls


Its been more than a year [Memorial Day Weekend - 2012] since we went to New York & Niagara falls.. I wanted to blog on the trip since long but lazy part of me was stopping me with one or the other excuse, One of them being I don't have the pics in my laptop.. Now, I have decided to blog the content first and then keep on updating with the pics.. So, below is the itinerary from our trip..

Day 1 - Reached New York, Our friend has picked up from airport and we headed straight to Brooklyn Bridge State park and followed by walk on the bridge, coffee & my fav paneni at starbucks.. Followed by Indian Lunch at Bombay Masala.. Then we headed to take the ferry for Statue of Liberty & Elise Island.. went to Financial District passing NYSE .. Bull, WTC, Evening was spent at Times Square.. Dinner was roadside Biryani :)

Day 2 - Went to Roosevelt Island.. took a ropeway from and to the Roosevelt island along Queensboro Bridge... Then we went to Manhattan and entered the Central Park to realize that vehicles are banned inside because of Long weekend. Had Thai Lunch and headed towards New Jersey for Pole Position Raceway Jersey City and I was last in the race while Hubby dear was first :)
Again headed towards the times square as we had not been to Empire State Building.. Special tickets made our life easy as we had to skip the long queue and got the direct entrance..

Day 3 - Took a flight to Niagara.. Rented a car and went to Niagara Falls National Park.. Headed straight for the Maid of the Mist ferry.. followed by Cave of the winds.. enjoyed a lot at cave of winds.. followed by Lunch and spent some time near Horse Shoe Point.

Day 4 - It was time for us to go back to San Jose but spent the time with friends - exploring Buffalo University followed by Lunch at Duffs and took our flight back..