New York City (Brazilian Day 2017)

September 2 – 4, 2017

Destination selected – Brazilian Day in New York City  Little Brazil on 6th Avenue and West 46th street.   11:30 AM – late afternoon 9/3/2017

Hotel Booked – 07012  1-800-766-6658  Check In 3:00 PM Check out 11:00 AM

 Expedia – Itinerary number 7292310713216

Yelp – Yelp restaurant search – many Turkish and middle eastern restaurants

Goggle – Large Turkish community in New Jersey

 Car Snacks – Frozen bottles of water, assorted individual bags of chips, string cheese, granola, nuts, trail mix, meat sticks, potato sticks, fruit

Hotel Snacks – Mixed olive medley, pickled stuffed peppers, pepperoni, cheese, rolls, Hostess cup cakes, fried chicken

Points of interest –

• One World Trade Center
• Liberty State Park
• Empty Sky Memorial
• 9/11 Memorial and Museum
• African Burial Ground National Monument
• Castle Clinton National Monument
• Federal Hall National Memorial
• Hamilton Grange National Memorial
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
• Times Square
• Central Park
• Gateway National Recreation Area

 Tentative Itinerary –

1. Drive from home base in New Hampshire to Clifton, New Jersey
   1. Eat Lunch/early dinner at Turkish restaurant
   2. See Statue of Liberty and Manhattan skyline from Liberty State Park
   3. Take ferry/water taxi to lower Manhattan
   4. Visit 9/11 Memorial and Museum
   5. Go up elevator one World Trade Center
2. Hotel – Howard Johnson Clifton, NJ
   1. Breakfast at local restaurant
   2. Ferry/water taxi to lower Manhattan
   3. Brazilian Day Festival
   4. African American Burial Ground National Monument
   5. Other Sites as time permits
   6. Dinner at Lebanese / Syrian restaurant
3. Hotel – Howard Johnson Clifton, NJ
   1. Breakfast at local restaurant
   2. Gateway National Recreation Area – New Jersey
   3. Home to New Hampshire