New York People either love it or hate it. Either way, it is one place that everyone should visit at least once in their lives. It’s a non-stop party. The night lights are amazing. Everywhere you look is familiar because you have seen it in a film or a picture – so you feel at home immediately. The noise is incessant – car horns blaring, NYPD blue car sirens, people shouting. Smells pervade the air – street vendors selling bagels and coffee. Depending on what time of year you visit, the heat is phenomenal or the cold is painful. In…
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The Top Things to See and Do in New York
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Our last day in New York
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 at
9:40 am
This morning we slept in as long as possible and then headed down to the breakfast area as we had free vouchers with our accommodation. We both ordered eggs benedict which came with tea and orange juice and we also ordered a fruit smoothie as well at $8 each!! Still it was worth it. I have to say that the fruit was really tasty everywhere we went and the fruit smoothies are so full of flavor and it’s the one thing that the Americans don’t seem to add extra sweetness to. I found the sweet taste of things a bit…
Back to New York
Monday, July 16th, 2007 at
6:02 am
This morning we got up early for our flight to New York which was leaving Miami International Airport at 7.45am. We decided to set the clock for 4.30am. This might sound early but we had to drive to the airport and we knew that it would be easy for us to get lost. As it turned out we did the right thing. Crawling out of bed after spending a late night at Disney World wasn’t the most fun thing to do but we got ready and headed out to the car to head off to the airport. We drove around…
New York – More Day 5 Activities – Central Park, WTC, Strawberry Fields
Sunday, July 8th, 2007 at
1:01 am
We get off the bus to go and have a look at ground zero. A memorial plaque has been put in place but the area is still just rubble with cranes and graders working the area. The bus takes us past the UN building. The New York Stock Exchange was under police guard and closed to the general public. We heard on the news later that night that employees in the Wall St area had received death threats. It is the richest area in the richest city in the world, which makes it an interesting stroll. From Wall St we…
New York – Day 5 – Empire State Building
Sunday, July 8th, 2007 at
12:37 am
Today we have to make up for lost time as there are a number of things we couldn’t do because a – of the rain b – I have been sick. So we caught the hop on hop off bus and headed downtown to the Empire State Building. Our New York pass meant we could bypass the ticket queue on the lower ground floor. We couldn’t avoid the queue to go up to the 86th floor observatory though. So we queued with many others for about 30 minutes. Everyone who arrived had their our photo taken in front of a…
Mama Mia on Broadway
Saturday, July 7th, 2007 at
8:07 pm
On Thusday night, 5th of July, we went to see the Broadway production of Mama Mia the musical at the Wintergarden theatre. We had prepurchased our tickets months ago in Australia and had no idea what our seats would be like but were pleasantly surprised when we found that we were 5 rows from the front. The theatre is not huge so even the seats at the back would have an okay view. It is an absolutely beautiful theater – very ornate with Greco-Roman style relief work with lots of cherubs and statues and the seating was comfortable.Unlike in Australia,…
Our review of the Grand Hyatt Hotel New York
Saturday, July 7th, 2007 at
8:07 pm
So far during our time in New York we have been staying at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan. The hotel is located right next to Grand Central Station and because of this is an ideal location for anyone coming to stay in New York. We have been here three nights so far and are extremely pleased with the hotel. Check-in was very smooth and the lady behind the counter was very pleasant and helpful. We had arrived at about 9pm at night and the room type we had requested was held for us. The hotel lobby is quite impressive and…
The Fourth of July Fireworks in New York
Friday, July 6th, 2007 at
4:46 am
Later in the evening we joined thousands of New Yorkers to attend the 2007 Fourth of July fireworks on the banks of the East River. We almost didn’t make it because as soon as we left our hotel it started to pour down with rain. Fortunately there were plenty of enterprising vendors selling umbrellas so we bought one for $10 and proceeded down to the river. Well we didn’t get too far very fast as every man and his dog were also heading the same way so it was wall to wall people for most of the way. As we…
New York New York Day 2 Strolling Down Broadway
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 at
3:59 am
We had a nice sleep in and set off for Planet Hollywood in Times Square to pick up our New York Passes. These are great value for money as they allow the user free entry or reduced entry costs into a number of attractions as well as shopping discounts. We then headed down Broadway to check out the theatres and to find where our show will be. (We will be seeing Mama Mia on Thursday night.) Our next stop was Macys, which is reported to be the biggest department store in the world. We went looking for shoes figuring that…
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