By Perry
Lutz and Adam Shepley
On day 5 the photographers were given
some extra time in the morning but it wasn’t extra sleep time, preparing for checkout
was the first business of the day and prepare for a so called free day which
was to be filled with plenty of activities. The activities for the largest group of students were to be chosen
depending on the forecast, no rain and we would go to Coney Island, rain and
the museums would be the choice…Coney Island won out as the weather was forecast
to be ideal.
Some of the class ventured out on their own, with some attempting to make it into a television show taping, some to an "oddities store" and one to a unique "cat cafe." Our final day was a chance to see some unique sites, while exploring.
The trip to
Coney Island was a long subway ride, some underground, some above ground. The
view of Manhattan was ideal as we surfaced out of the subway tunnel and
traveled south across the Manhattan Bridge.
Arriving at
Coney Island the group split up and separately explored the area. The Boardwalk
and pier were the main places of interest. There were no tourist crowds however
many locals were out and about enjoying the serenity of the ocean and the
freedom from the hustle and bustle of the big city. Runners and walkers
traveled along the boardwalk, men fishing out on the pier, elementary school
students on excursion, the atmosphere was truly relaxing.
The visit concluded
with lunch at Nathans, one of the oldest restaurants on Coney Island, started
in 1916 and claiming to have the most famous hotdog in the world. Here Tanis
put on a seagull feeding exhibition, feeding the hovering seagulls out of her hands.
The subway
was taken back to Manhattan where the group exited at the Canal street exit.
This was a good location to explore the street, observe street vendors and just people watch.
Canal street concluded with a stop at the Paris Baguette sweet shop where the group
enjoyed mouth watering baked sweets.
Well, it
was time to catch the subway back to the hotel and didn’t we overshoot our
stop. This created some anxiety however it was short lived as we quickly
changed trains and remedied the mistake arriving back at the hotel on schedule.
At the hotel the full group reformed… all good and all accounted for and ready
for the airport and the flight home.
What a
fantastic, event filled Lambton College PHTD trip to NYC. All of us would like
to give a special thanks to Dave Chidley and Richard Beland for their patience,
understanding and relentless crowd control (a crowd of seventeen). The trip was
extremely well planned and well executed, thank you both.
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| The view from our Subway as we cross the Manhattan Bridge, Oct. 12, 2017 |
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| The quiet, peaceful scene on the Coney Island Boardwalk. Oct. 12, 2017 |
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| Fisherman right in NYC off the Coney Island pier, Oct. 12, 2017 |
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| From the hustle and bustle of the big city to a relaxing walk along the ocean, just one subway line away. Oct. 12, 2017 |
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| A local relaxes along the colourful Coney Island boardwalk. Oct. 12, 2017 |
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| The group who made the trek to Coney Island wait for the train back to Manhattan. Oct. 12, 2017 |
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| Art on the building along Canal St. Oct. 12, 2017 |
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| Paris Baguette sweet shop, a great "coffee and sweets" stop. on Canal St. Oct. 12, 2017 |
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Obscura, an interesting shop selling odd
relics and antiques,
Oct. 12, 2017 |
