Day 2 - New York We went to the Statue of Liberty. This took just about all day after we had to line up to get tickets, line up to get the ferry, line up for security checks, line up to get the ferry back. This is line up city. After the hours lining up to get the plane, go through passport control, go through departure gate adn then the big one - going through immigration at JFK - the kids think that America is really just about lining up! Security here is big business - perhaps the only business that's making any money at the moment. Everywhere you go there are metal detectors and sniffing machines. Whole blocks in the financial district are cordonned off and any building anywhere with a financial tenant has been beseiged by police and security personnel. They are taking the threat very seriously. This leaves you with mixed feelings. Yes they are being vigilant and they must know something is up and should we be here under that threat? We are here now and we aren't moving on for a few days yet. We are all very tired. Everyone is in bed and asleep by 8:30 pm local time except me and I won't be long.