Our last day in New York started with a walking tour to Brooklyn Bridge and around Wall Street and the financial area. We admired the view on top and under the bridge, I was surprised to find Trinity Church hidden amidst a jungle of skyscrapers. Ground Zero is still under full construction. The rubble of the Twin Towers is cleaned, some law suits are still running, but the final project has been chosen and in a few years, the place will hold a worthy memorial.
On Wall street we posed with "the Bull", as did many other tourists and walked back towards the riverside, where the busdriver picked us up.
I had reserved my afternoon for a first class shopping spree and indulged in the pleasure of queuing up for fitting rooms and spending too much money... I had a delicious gazpacho in one park and a chocolate cookie in another and talked to a local girl I shared the table with.
The sun was back, and I felt happy again.
At four, we met at the United Nations for a guided tour around the building and we tiptoed through the gallery as the General Assembly was in session. Strange to think that many important decisions are made in these rooms that influence the lives of people all over the world. Interesting too, to reflect on the role of the UN in the recent past and the future challenges and how for example the US will or won't comply with the decisions.
The bus picked us up at the gate and drove us through the dense Friday evening traffic out of New York.
So, I won't wake up in the City That Never Sleeps, but in peaceful Amherst instead, where the Mayo Smith Dormitory has beds waiting for us.
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