Twilight Harbor Cruise

On Sunday evening, the Boy and I did a touristy thing. We went on the Circle Line's twilight harbor cruise around the lower half of Manhattan. We had gone on the Circle Line's daytime cruise two summers ago when we were both tourists. The description on the twilight cruise was a bit different from the one we had gone on before because the boat would sail along the Hudson river, turn the tip of the island and sail along the East river, passing under the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges. You'd see the city lit up at night under the stars...a very romantic description. The day cruise supposedly would just pass by downtown to see the skyline, Statue of Liberty and Staten Island.

It was a really windy night. Everyone was bundled up with hair blowing all over the place. The night sky was really clear, and the city looked beautiful lit up at night. But sights-wise, we could hardly tell the difference between this cruise and the last one we took. The commentator paid so much attention to the various skyline buildings, Statue of Liberty and Jersey sights that the Boy and I had no idea we were on the Hudson. But, the bridges and city lights did look very nice at night.