That pretty lady in the Hudson

So today was great! Got to sleep in just a tad. Sami and I went to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island with our international buddy Kathy and her friend. Kathy is from China and she is so sweet! We had to wait in line forrrrreeeeeeevvvvvvverrrrrrrrr for the ferry but it was fun getting to know Kathy! The ferry ride was neat, it was really cool to be able to see the entire manhattan skyline from the Hudson. We walked on liberty island for a while and had fun hanging out with Lady Liberty, she is so beautiful! You can see Manhattan so well from Liberty Island, it is interesting seeing the city but being away from it. It is so chaotic inside but away from it, its so peaceful looking and just so stationary! which is crazy to see it as peaceful when in reality is that its the most insane place ever! Ellis Island was fun...a lot of really neat things to see! I love history so this was a fun adventure for me! It is cool to think that I stood where thousands and thousands of people came through every day on their passage to America...it was just great...and I think Kathy enjoyed it a lot. We will be spending time with Kathy every friday...next week we are going to the Met which I am super excited about...and she wants to cook authentic schechzan chinese food for us sometime :)
Later, Sami and I walked over to ground zero and St. Pauls...St Pauls is like the oldest functioning place in the city...it is really pretty and inside it is still decorated with signs, memorials, and things from the september 11th tragedy...they have several tributes to the rescue works in there...since st. pauls was used as a refuge for them during the recovery stage. It was so sad though...broke my heart all over again honestly...and ground zero was sad too...I mean it is a place that is being rebuilt but it won't be the same...they have a picture of what the new world trade center will look like...it is several buildings but in the center is where the twin towers stood and that will be made into a memorial museum which is going to be really great!
Tonight we went to Central park for comedy night...sponsered by comedy central. we saw Pablo somethin and Gabriel Iglesias...he was so funny...now Pablo was just a little too vulgar for my taste and seemed like he relyed on his nasty mouth rather than good comedy...anyway so most of that was fun...the park is beautiful and I hope to go there tomorrow...speaking of tomorrow it is tomorrow and I don't know why I am still awake...gosh! I have to get up and get student tickets for the ballet ...so excited...seriously one of my dreams since i was a kid was to see the NYC Ballet perform...and you can't beat $12 tickets...goooodnight :)