Fifth Avenue New York City

Katrina and I were definitely born to be ladies of leisure.

Our first day (after an A-MAZING dinner of meatballs on our first night) was fabulous! The sun was shining, lovely blue skies and horrendous bitterly freezing winds. Even my eyeballs froze. However, we wandered up fifth avenue taking shelter in Urban Outfitters, Guess and all …

We slept later today hoping to recover from the last two days. The big mission for the day was getting Broadway tickets for the evening. We repeated the previous day's ritual of getting breakfast at Whole Foods and then going for a walk in Central Park.

There are 3 TKTS offices in New York. The first is in Times Square, but only opens in …

Sorry folks, very late update on the days events. Kaf's alter ego does have a life - sometimes.
Last day in New York, still so much to see but so little time.
So what do they do? Just for something different - they shopped and they ate and they shopped some more. But with a twist.
Today was all about seeing how the other half lived. So …

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DOCH, ich war schon einmal in New York. Aber nach 2004 war es schön die Stadt mal wieder zu sehen. Die grösste Veränderung ist eigentlich, dass der Times Square jetzt eine Fussgänger Zone ist. ansonsten hat sich gar nicht so viel verändert. Das Fazit: Trotz ganz viel Regens hat wir eine super Zeit und New York ist …

Fue un día muy completo. Comenzamos paseando por la Quinta Avenida, viendo el Hotel Plaza, que me recordaba a la película de Solo en casa 2, la Apple Store, Tiffany's y otras tiendas de la calle más famosa de Nueva York. Tras una visita de más de dos horas al MOMA, visitamos la catedral de St. Patrick y volvimos a casa, para continuar el paseo por …

I took Tash for her 30th Birthday for 3 days in New York. So good they named it twice!! Our hotel was not the best, but we had no intentions of staying in long. We had a good flight over on Virgin, lovely new plane. I was a little nervous, more because of the 9/11 tragedy. But we tried to put that aside when we were there. We chose not to visit …

Frühstück
Das Frühstück in unserem Hotel ist wie gesagt sehr gut. Heute habe ich mir was leichtes, kalorienarmes ausgesucht (siehe Foto).

Taxi
Da wir schon alt und schwach sind, haben wir uns heute ein Taxi zum Museum gegönnt. Für Danny war es das erste Mal in einem NYC Cab. Etwas befremdlich wirkt die Abtrennung zwischen Fahrer …

Walked up 5th Avenue today .. bought a couple of things. Minor trinkets. These minor trinkets, and all the other minor trinkets are never going to fit in the luggage. This is a disaster waiting to happen.

We even cancelled the planned UN visit - too far to walk, and would have eaten into the valuable shopping time. We're pretending that it …

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New York itself was amazing, I don't think I've written about New York or even Niagara Falls. Sorry if I'm repeating myself.

In New York, we went to the Statue of Liberty and Empire State on the same day. A lot of people say, after they visit the statue, that it was smaller than they thought and they weren't …

My last day in NYC! It is hard to believe that I've already spent 3 days in this wonderful city. On my last day here, I wanted to hit the last few items on my list.

After a long run in Prospect park in the morning and breakfast and coffee at home, Martha and I headed back to Manhattan to see a few things before our visit to the 9/11 …

... thing and spent time with an old friend we waved her off and left for our Hotelt. on the corner of 57th street and Fifth Avenue, outside"Tiffanies", Martin went to tie up his boot lace and popped the question. Heike did not believe him and after afew ...

... the excitement of my first city in the snow! Statue of Liberty (many stairs to climb), Twin Towers, Battery Park, Fifth Avenue, Broadway, Soho, Wall Street, Greenwich, Central Park (a squirrel!), Empire State Building.. Our first night we arrived ...

Oh My gawd!!!We're in New York City!!! steve still has to pinch himself. Though not to hard he is a wus. Its been a little over two years for Steve, Emma has never been. I mean travelling half way round the world and not touching a yank!! What is she ...

So I arrived safe and sound in the most diverse city I've ever been to before. After a tumultous encounter with the New York City subway and a few jumps off at the wrong stops I managed to find my hostel which is right in the heart of black harlem! My ...

... , and then up to MOMA. Had a great time at MOMA: their art collection is truly first class. After that we strolled up Fifth Avenue to Central Park, saw the John Lennon memorial and the Dakota, and then braved the subway back to our hotel. Speaking of ...

... which involves having no electricity, cars or mod cons. This was such an amazing contrast to the bright lights of New York City. After returning to our bus we then stopped for an Intercourse break including home made lemonade and ice ...

... Paris. then to the Rockefeller Centre, which is basically a shopping Mall in a Skyscraper! This is followed by a walk up Fifth Avenue passing all the designer shops including Tiffanys etc I spend the afternoon sitting in the sun in Central Park, is nice ...

... we couldn't join the audience but watching the process of filming before it hits the Magic Box was a rather eye-opening experience.  New York City is the most filmed city in the world- and I can see why! Its diversity makes it a perfect spot for a ...

Sharndeep After the more family guided experience in Pennsylvania we moved onto New York City. Was nice to have bit more freedom to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. Checked out a Chris Rock play on Broadway, which was jokes. Also went round ...

... $15 admission anyway, so it's just as well we were late. On the way back, my mom sees some department store windows at Saks Fifth Avenue full of some kind of display. So we head over there and look at the weird story about the snowflake who was different ...