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Then today we hauled our asses downtown and went to the 9/11 Museum. I was prepared for simple somber remembrance, and didn't think there was too much it would tell me that I didn't already kind of know. But they do a REALLY great job and I was glad we went.
The right thing to do, then is to follow that with a trip to the new One World Observatory. I had been up the original WTC and twice up the Empire State, so it wasn't going to be mind-blowing; but this too was really well done. Looking down on Manhattan, Brooklyn and the shimmering NY harbor, it's really worth it just to spend some time up there on a super clear day.
And to that, somehow we decided to eat at their restaurant, "One", and it was just perfect. I don't know why we didn't plan to do that from the beginning. Oh right, the price. Turned out not so bad. It was about $100 for lunch for both of us; and you know, that's what a meal is at any decent restaurant in Manhattan and in this one you are about 1700 feet in the air. Highly recommended. In this case it was super-easy because we wound up eating at 3pm and so we could pretty much just walk in, no reservation required.
A marvelous trip. We are exhausted.
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