10 Things to do In New York City That are Amazing, Mostly Free & Fun !

There is no place like New York City! I love my city but NYC has a heartbeat of it's own. You can be walking down the street and run into someone "famous" just out for a stroll. Everyone loves NYC for different things.  Here are 10 things to do in NYC. Some of them FREE!

10. See a movie. I know weird, go to New York City and go to the movies. But If you have never been to the Movie Theater in NYC- you have to go! It is Huge, and there are so many shows to choose from! Don't forget anything behind when you leave, it will take you a minute to get back to your seat/theater! If you don't want to go to the movies, attend a church service in one of the theaters. Not entertainment but seasoning for your soul.

9. Central Park - Beautiful, filled with so many areas. Take a carriage ride to visit the sculptures or the river. There are more than 20,000 trees, an oasis in the middle of the city! The park is so giant that is has a Castle a Museum, and a Zoo within its property lines.

8. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Iconic and you see it in so many movies, you can stroll across and take a great selfie.

7. Go see and explore the High line. Elevated train tracks transformed into a new community area to meet and mingle, walk, sit and enjoy New York.

6. The Cloisters Museum specializing in European medieval architecture, sculpture and art.

address:   99 Margaret Corbin Dr, New York, NY 10040

5. Astoria Park

4. Alexander Hamilton's Harlem Home.

3. Staten Island Ferry    web link here: http://www.siferry.com/index.html

2. 9/11 Memorial you can go to pay your respects and see the 9/11 Memorial . It is on 8 of the 16 acres of the original site of The World Trade Center.

1. See a taping of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. tickets are released 1 month before the show, so you may be able to get stand by tickets for the night of the taping.

https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/tickets/main

These are not the typical things people think of when they are going to visit The Big Apple, but these are worth the visit and most have no admission!

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10 Things to do in Cape Coral on Vacation

There are so many great things to do in Cape Coral on Vacation but here are 10 top visited attractions to do while vacationing in the area. Not in that order!

10. Catch your own dinner off the pier or rent a boat and fish for your meal!

9.   Explore the beautiful canals while you have that boat, said to have more canals that any other place in the USA!

8. Watch or be a part of the Card Board Box Boat Regatta this years annual event will take place : April 21 2018 Four Freedoms Park.

     

7. Eat at one of the approx 242 amazing places to eat, drink and be merry!

6. Cape Coral Military Museum: 4280 Leonard Street Cape Coral. A non descript  building from the outside, inside you will find history and a wide collection of artifacts from 18th through the 21st century. Definitely worth a stop. The Museum is free admission.

A number of the display stations have individual monitors and two streaming videos are included. The history of Cape Coral's Iwo Jima statue at Echo Park is presented in a 23-minute streaming video in the Michael Geml Theater. The second streaming video honors Capt. Daniel Eggers, a native of Cape Coral and a Citadel graduate who was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. As per Cape Coral Museum website.

 http://swflmm.org/   link of the museum and what is inside this wonderful historic place! 

5. Beautiful Sunsets!

4. Sunsplash          http://sunsplashwaterpark.com/park-info/

3. Butterfly house - another free place to visit and enjoy the day with your family! Located at : 5505 Rose Garden Road Cape Coral, FL 33914

2. Sirenia Vista   3916 Ceitus Pkwy, Cape Coral, FL 3399  Small beautiful waterfront with park to go birding, view manatees , kayak, there are fishing areas. 

http://www.capecoral.net/department/parks_and_recreationhome/eco_tourism_recreation/Sirenia_Vista_Park_brochure_for_website_viewing.pdf

Live manatee cam:  http://capecoralmanateecams.dyndns.org:40002/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=2041

1. Cape Coral Yacht Club  Community Park & Public Beach

Great place to go relax or take a walk on the pier. Great food and friendly people. Entertainment to listen to while you enjoy the latest craft beer. Free beach wheelchairs are available at the public pool 

There is so much more to do! This is just a taste of the area!

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The Cape No Not That One.........Cape Coral Florida

Photo by Pedro Lastra

When we found The Cape we were not sure what to expect. It is a quick 30 minute drive from the airport. Some parts of it still need to be updated and are in need of repair and a fresh coat of paint along with some sprucing up. The people are a mixture of  mature and just entering the world. We were looking for a place to getaway from the cold in winter.  Wow did we hit the jackpot!

Cape Coral has a little bit of everything! It is filled with friendly wide eyed explorers! They are searching for adventure and life filled with love and neighborliness of days gone by.

We have owned our new home for coming up to a year and we have yet to run into a person who we did not like! ANYWHERE! I am hesitant to let the secret of this amazing place out of the bag, I don't want it to become crowded and over visited. It has so many great places and interesting things going on!

It has it's own magazine: Cape Coral Living you can get a copy: capecorallivingmagazine.com

http://www.capecoralchamber.com/history1.html  History of Cape Coral

Every year At Seahawk Park Radio Remote Control model Airplane take flight as Enthusiasts from all over the United States come together for " The Gathering Of Giants"   to show off their skills and their incredible hand made planes. This year this amazing event will take place March 17-18 9 AM- 4PM  1030 NW 28th St Cape Coral 

Cape Coral values and salutes their veterans! There is a museum, and numerous monuments and I have seen a park with beautiful gardens! As you drive over the bride the first thing you will see is the rising monument with the symbols of the services on it. I have seen the streets adorned with service members honored and the names and faces of soldiers on the lamplights. Cape Coral is Patriotic! 

The Parks are amazing and free, there is a butterfly park as well for the family to visit and enjoy. I have not been able to visit yet, I have been to the parking lot and seen the sign twice. It is located at : 5505 Rose Garden Road Cape Coral, FL 33914 Donations excepted and appreciated! 

There are approx. 242 restaurants to visit and enjoy. Every different pala

Palate

and price level. Whether you want to enjoy a cold beer on the patio or a coffee and a bagel. You can likely find it here.

There are many clubs to join on Facebook as well. If you love to shell, metal detect, taste different food,  etc. join one of the closed groups and get together with one of them. There is a club that paints beautiful rocks and hides them all over the Cape.

I am going to close this for now and make it an ongoing blog post with pictures and thing I find as I explore. It is an amazing find. So glad to have found this little piece of heaven!

Love to hear if you have been there!   


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