Tiffany & Co. New York City

Friday, June 1, 2012

After the ridiculous length of both of the last two days, I allowed myself a bit of a snooze this morning. I woke up around 9, then sort of pottered around the hotel room a bit. Checked some emails,etc. I was really feeling the sunburn by this point and it almost made me not want to go outside. I knew that wasn't an …

Den Morgen etwas später angegangen als geplant (wie gestern gebloggt hatten wir ein oder zwei oder drei Feierabendbier), lecker und reichhaltig gefrühstückt, es gab Banana Walnut Pancake, Bacon, Ei, normale Pancakes, Kaffee und Saft, und anschließend mit der U-Bahn zur Chambers Street, da wir heute Lower Manhattan angucken wollten.
Als erstes …

Well a car ride, a metro ride, an aeroplane ride, 2 shuttle buses and another metro train later we arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey. George and I were both a little the worse for ware, a bit tired and emotional by this point, the stress and exhaustion beginning to show now.

We called our host, George's friend who we were staying with and he …

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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 …

I love New York. I could really get used to this place. Of course, I could never afford to actually live here.

This morning I took a stroll down 5th Avenue (as you do) and looked in all the designer store windows. I saw the ice skating rink at the Rockefeller centre (it's tiny) and went into FAO Schwarz, the toy store featured on Home …

Creme Brulee. Today was the day to start traveling New York City! Today we booked to go and see the statue of liberty in a helicopter, go shopping and to dine at the Hard Rock Cafe, apparently the food there has great burgers!

Mimi and I headed off at 8am to go and ride in a helicopter around New York at 9am. It is 16 degrees and we had to …

So ya... Saturday in New York. Lazy start. Norm wandered through Brooklyn while Annalise & I slept or was getting ready for the day. Back to the hotel with real New York bagels. Mmmmm. & of course some coffee for himself. He took a few photos of the brownstones in the area. Nice.

Serendipity. Well, I do prefer "planned" serendipity …

Goodness, what a day!! What didn't we see?? I can only remember the highlights.

After an early brekky we walked over to the Greyline Depot by 8.40am to get our tour. The tour started at 9am and we weren't back to our room till 7.30pm!!!

We drove down to Battery Park via Everywhere (Time's Square, Macy's, Soho, Little Italy, …

For our first full day in New York, we planned to get our Christmas shopping done, as we had saved it until we arrived due to baggage weight issues. We caught the subway to Times Square and were overwhelmed by this sensory overload area. Neon and flashing signs everywhere, billboards, traffic, people, cameras....a completely unique experience. We …

Two action packed days and I'm ashamed that I've not yet written my entries. I would have fallen asleep yet again if it wasn't for the extra energy provided by American 'Goobers' and 'Nips' candy that I'm devouring...

Our first stop on our way to Times Square was a visit to Macy's department store. We had heard that this was a 'must do' …

... a little... but it goes hard 24 hours a day.  It really is the city that never sleeps.  Taking on such a big city like New York by yourself can be a little daunting - nevermind the fact that you've for one, never been there, and two the only ...

... But as soon as we got there we were hypnotized by the many stores there like: The Apple Store (one of my Dad's favourites), Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton and Prada, just to name a few! We spent up to almost 3 hours on 5th Avenue just doing shopping, ...

... in case any of you think that Tom might be a tad biased.  The next shop however had to be my favourite....Tiffany & Co. on 5th Ave - 4 floors of jewelery...I tried on a diamond necklace that cost over $1200 (US) and although people were ...

... pretty hilarious really, guess you gotta experience it for yourself though! Saw some great shops in New York too, things like the big expensive jewellery store Tiffany & Co, Macy's which is a massive 9-level department store covering a whole ...

... short trousers and no jackets!!  En route to the hotel, we got to see the fabulous lights & sights of night-time New York with May's first impression of the Big Apple being '2 fairies prancing up the street' (her words) dressed as Elton ...

Creme Brulee. Today was the day to start traveling New York City! Today we booked to go and see the statue of liberty in a helicopter, go shopping and to dine at the Hard Rock Cafe, apparently the food there has great burgers! Mimi and I headed ...

... to the first observation desk, on the 86th floor. It was extremely windy and busy, but great to see the panoramic view of New York. We saw Central Park, the Chrysler Building, the financial district, Brooklyn and I think the Bronx, amongst other things. ...

... then head to the Rockefeller Centre. I checked out Trump Tower, and saw Radio City Music Hall and NBC Studios as well as stopping off at Tiffany & Co to get a quick photo out the front. Next stop, the "Top of the Rock". It's a trip to the top of the ...

... . A couple of days before New Year's Eve, Chris, Caroline and Laura took a helicopter flight over New York City (a Christmas gift from John and Joyce). Departing from the lower west side, on the edge of the ...

... getting our bearings, hopping on a airport train (still unsure why Melbourne doesn't have one yet!) we found ourselves in Downdown New York City.... Let the fun begin! It was actually hard to beleive that we were in New York city! The first thing ...