Helmsley Medical Tower New York City

Just to save myself some time I'm going to roll Monday and Tuesday...

So Monday I did some trawling around down on Broadway before going to get some picnic supplies from Dean & Deluca. That place was incredible I can see why Tom was so taken with it! I couldn't wait for Central Park so I stopped in Union Square to eat my repast amongst the squirrels, pigeons and hobos - the only others crazy enough or forced to spend time outside while it was so cold!

New York City, New York, United States hannah.goanna

... this slightly embarrassing self protection mechanism was out in force now as the seedier characters became more frequent as did the rubbish. 126th street and my map has stopped, I see why, a guide book would have little to shout about. A street with a name, **** YOU NUMBERS! I have won and beaten the blocks (a bit of post-walk research shows in fact the numbers start again soon afterwards). Another two blocks, the Metro rushing and shaking its frame again ...

... on the f**ry we wand**ed through Batt**y Park, and past the site of the World Trade Centre, which is nice to have been to, but at the moment th**e is v**y little to see (it is closed off for construction work). I grabbed a couple of shots of the four buildings that are proposed to stand in its place (see photo) and we headed back to Times Square, exp**iencing the aforementioned spooky hidden stops on the subway train (th**e's something like 260 'horizontal' streets ...

... NYC and check out the chocolate!! While researching other things to do while up there, we found out that the Intrepid Air Force Carrier would be re-opening the weekend we'd be visiting. We also found out that the New York Comedy Festival would be taking place. BJ Novak from The Office was scheduled to perform on Sunday night. So, we bought tickets to both the comedy show and the Intrepid ...

... is that?! Anyway, it wasn't until we got to our seats that we realised we had used the Captain's phone - what a very very nice man. We thanked him of course. Once at JFK we hoped into a shuttle and after an hour tour of all the terminals we made it out towards Manhatten where the driver did some nifty traffic dodging. One noticeable thing is that there are so many taxis, and also so many dumb people who walk infront of them! We checked into our hotel on 8th Avenue and took a ...

... Hollywood - we have these smart cards for heaps of attractions in NY and part of it we got fast tracked for a table - got past about 50 people waiting in line - it felt great! Then we spent more time standing in lines that actually out on the Empire State Building - going to go up early tomorrow morning before we go to Statue of Liberty. Found another M&M world and right across the street was Hershey Chocolate world - HEAVEN!!!!

... gun - god bless America!) and managed to get her off the bus. We were finally away but the bus terminated about two or three stops short of where we wanted to be. This allowed us to have our own little walk through a dodgy neighbourhood but all was fine. Of greater entertainment value was the Irish bar. As we were heading back to our hotel we thought we would drop in for a quick drink. Set up in one corner of the bar was an electric guitar and ...

... vests - its soooo hot here!) I succeeded in the majority of the things I wanted to do and also managed to buy myself a ticket to see Mary Poppins on Broadway which whilst a little extravagant was absolutely fantastic! So I've walked like a million miles already and my feet are absolutely killing me! added to that is that something has bitten me (yes already!) and my feet are currently attached to my body without the aid of visible ankles! Hopefully the ...

... it just got too full with kids and people that we decided to head back via 5th Avenue. Walked past all the fancy shops.....would be nice to come here just to shop!! One day maybe! Got back and got ourselves glamed up for the wedding. Reception starts at 6pm. It was a very nice service, and then it was mingle time. Spent some time with little Moritz and Annie. Cute both of them. Had a lovely dinner and a bit of a boogy....and played quite a bit with Moritz ...

... un insalatina! La musica irradiata a forte volume dall’impianto Bose del locale è selezionata: Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash. Alle prime note di Proud Mary dei Creedence parte anche la danza sul tavolo.
Mario omaggia il locale di una bella targa in ceramica raffigurante la Rocca Flea di Gualdo, che viene subito posta sul muro in pietra. Un pezzo della nostra città è ora in bella vista in uno dei locali più caratteristici di New York. Il conto? 13.50 $, meno di 10 euro ...