New York, New York.
We arrived in New York with a long list of things we wanted to see and a very definite schedule. We find ourselves sitting at this computer still with a very long list of things to see. We both love New York and highly recommend that you all come and visit.
We were lucky enough to be welcomed into the home of Mrs J. in Brooklyn, right next to an F line subway station. Thank you to both Mrs J. and Michael J. for organising this for us. It was great to have space in an apartment to ourselves and the local knowledge from Mrs J. She seems to know every single street and subway station in the city.
We spent the first two days riding the big red bus around the city, taking in sights like the empire state building, Wall st, ground zero, south st pier, Harlem, Chinatown, Little Italy, SOHO and everything else you've ever heard of. Our tickets included a night tour of Manhattan. It was impressive to see the skyline and Times Square at night.
We spent Wednesday wandering the streets before going to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. We had dinner at Red Lobster near Times Square.
We decided to duck out of US territory for lunch on Thursday and headed to UN plaza which is officially international territory. We saw the security council chamber as well as the general assembly. The UN even has its own postage system complete with international postage stamps.
Today is Friday and we've just visited the Guggenheim museum and the metropolitan museum of art. They are both huge and impressive. We capped off our day with a stroll through Central Park and dinner in a restaurant where none of the staff spoke English.
Tomorrow we fly to London. We'll only be there for a day before we head to Portugal.
We were lucky enough to be welcomed into the home of Mrs J. in Brooklyn, right next to an F line subway station. Thank you to both Mrs J. and Michael J. for organising this for us. It was great to have space in an apartment to ourselves and the local knowledge from Mrs J. She seems to know every single street and subway station in the city.
We spent the first two days riding the big red bus around the city, taking in sights like the empire state building, Wall st, ground zero, south st pier, Harlem, Chinatown, Little Italy, SOHO and everything else you've ever heard of. Our tickets included a night tour of Manhattan. It was impressive to see the skyline and Times Square at night.
We spent Wednesday wandering the streets before going to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. We had dinner at Red Lobster near Times Square.
We decided to duck out of US territory for lunch on Thursday and headed to UN plaza which is officially international territory. We saw the security council chamber as well as the general assembly. The UN even has its own postage system complete with international postage stamps.
Today is Friday and we've just visited the Guggenheim museum and the metropolitan museum of art. They are both huge and impressive. We capped off our day with a stroll through Central Park and dinner in a restaurant where none of the staff spoke English.
Tomorrow we fly to London. We'll only be there for a day before we head to Portugal.
posted by Mike & Zan :-) | 11:55 am
3 Comments:
hey good to know that you guys are doing great....You should write a book when you come back... I ll use it when i go all these places....eheheh... good luck for the rest of the journey....!!!
-- Siddhesh
u sure are seeing the world
hey lovelies,
glad to hear you were able to be tourists and hurrah for cheap travel!!!
Hope you both enjoyed your flight to london, and behave yourselves. Stu is in England atm im sure he would have a beer or two with you!
cant wait for the next installment and thanks for the last letter
play safe and party hard :)
bel
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