Day 7-Tuesday June 7, 2011

 New York

A licensed guide leads your sightseeing tour of New York City. Begin among the bright lights of Times Square,

home to the Broadway theater scene , MTV’s studios and popular theme restaurants. Make a stop in the 843-acre Central Park , a rectangular oasis in the midst of a concrete jungle. Here, you will see Strawberry Fields   , a tribute to John Lennon that includes 161 plant species, representing 161 nations of the world. (If you look overhead, you can also see the Dakota apartment building where John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived.) Travel south toward the mosaic of Manhattan neighborhoods that make the city so unique. Drive through Greenwich Village  , New York’s eclectic province of bohemians, immigrants and students and pass the cast-iron architecture of impossibly trendy SoHo    (from “SOuth of HOuston Street”). Finish your tour at the World Trade Center site    and pay tribute to the victims of September 11 at Ground Zero. The area will be home to the Freedom Tower , designed to reach a height of 1,776 feet.

Free time in Manhatten

Dinner: Schnipper's Quality Kitchen
   

Broadway: Phantom of the Opera