We knew we had a lot to pack into a day, so we prioritized everthing we wanted to do....Ellis Island was our first stop for the day. We took the ferry past the Statue of Liberty (or Li-buuuuuddy, if you ask Brian) and had an amazing view of the city.
Then we had tickets for a 'hop on- hop off' tour that took us around the city with a guide and we could get off at any stop. We decided to check out Rockefeller Center with the Christmas tree and the ice skating rink. 
We really had to move, as there are so few hours of day light during the winter, so by the time we made it to Central Park it was getting dusky. We came upon another skating rink with the city as an awesome back drop.
We had dinner reservations at Gordon Ramsey's restaurant Maze. It was an amazing dinner, and between the four of us, we tried nearly everything on the menu!
After an amazing dinner, we headed back out in the cold and made our way to our final destination....
We passed some landmarks along the way. It was amazing how the entire city was decorated for Christmas! It really got us in the mood for the holidays!
Our last stop was the Empire State Building. We were cutting it kinda close timewise to getting back to the bus stop for our ride home, so we really lucked out that there were no lines and we were able to walk right up to the elevators. By this time, the temperature had really dropped so we didn't really want to stay out long anyway.
The view was just amazing! You could see for miles in every directions, it was such a clear night.
Our only group shot just before we left the Empire State Building and walked back to the bus stop to take the Megabus back home. We got to see a LOT during our day in NYC :)
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