Sus: The building’s aren’t as big as I thought they would be
Me: *facepalm*

The day of Dowwwwwwn-Town. Walking from our hostel into Little Italy and then further into China Town (Did you know that China Town is constantly growing and increasing into Little Italy….).

Whilst walking, we stopped at a set of lights (one of many throughout the day). However, our of the corner of my eye, I noticed something by my feet… I say by, I mean nearby, otherwise I would of freaked out as much as the woman in-front.
Mr. Rat decided to be noticed and ran out in a line of traffic – of where the New York taxi came to hand and flattened him.
The woman next to us, absolutely freaked. And well, I’m not surprised. The rat was sniffing around her feet, before making a run for it.
*WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO NEW YORK?*
*OMG, DID IT TOUCH ME*
*WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO NEW YORK* (Repetition necessary)
*OMG OMG OMG*

So after leaving this memorable experience, Wall Street was the place to be.
We are a little in-experienced with protests, but it was quite interesting to see what was going on from the American, non-news-biased viewpoint. I had heard rumours of potential trouble surrounding Wall Street; and to be honest, those rumours were pretty true. It is a current issue that is likely to be moving across America – should really look it up before commenting on anything more. [Not to self!]

It’s hard to convince somebody to go and see ‘Wall Street’, when there isn’t actually alot to see, other than some (amazing) buildings and building names. And of course the bronze bull, [which apparently appeared one day in 1989 in front of the New York Stock Exchange].

The World Trade Center was a strange place to be – with the construction of the memorial and a rebuild project for five new skyscrapers. To be honest, this isn’t what I expected for ten-years on, especially as we were only a month after the 9/11 memorial day. Currently, there is only one skyscraper almost completed, though it is estimated to be finished in 2013. [Reading up on Wikipedia, apparently there is another skyscraper that was finished in 2006…] So, yeah. Unfortunately, the World Trade Center area is still a mass building site. You can however, just about, accept how small the site actually is.

Lady Liberty, ain’t she a babe. Still as good looking as ever, and made out of copper – which is why she’s green, due to oxidization.

Didn’t get to Subway it today. Somebody is too scared!

[Brooklyn Bridge, Downtown Area]