Hotels in New York City - Prices and Reviews

I'm writing on the eve of my next big move: New York City.

I know I have a lot more traveling in me before I'm ready to settle and New York is the next city on the list. It just so happens it's in America - so lucky for you all I'll still be on the same continent (for now).

New York has always been a place I wanted to live, been i...

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It's Labor Day in Manhattan. The streets are somewhat empty since the locals are probably out at Coney Island or elsewhere on vacation for the long weekend. Still, there's still plenty of stores and restaurants open for us tourist to shop and eat in. I walked around aimlessly most of the time today but it helped me get my bearings on the city. A...

Well here we are in the Big Apple. We are going hard and going light thanks to Air Canada losing our luggage. hahaha Well at least we made our connection (just barely). We had luggage insurance so we got some esentials which we will get reimbursed. We should have the luggage tomorrow. Note my cell phone is low on batteries and the charger is in ...

Hello from the Big Apple! New York (NY) is bigger and better than I expected. There are shops and more shops, but I am drawn to the park areas. Doug, Catherine, Chris and I have spent a glorious afternoon taking a horse and carriage ride through Central Park. We relaxed and watched people ride by us on bikes, in prams and pushcahirs at the John ...

The trip seems short as I watch the towns roll by. Most of the land is built upon, and what isn't -is cultivated and ordered. There is a quickening of the energy as we head towards the Big Apple. I am met at the station by a porter in uniform and gold buttons. The train service in the USA is comfortable and well organised. The Red Cap service he...

We made it to the MOMA today! We landed in Manhattan around 11:30AM EST and started our adventure. First we went to the Empire States building. We were close to Penn Station and we wanted to knock out the "cheese" as quickly as possible. From there we worked our way south through SoHo, the village and beyond. Then Moma -- I love that place. Unfo...

I woke after about 7 hours solid sleep. I had a shower without soap or shampoo and got dressed into the same clothes. The BOSS was reluctant to get up citing that she was still ill. I managed to get her down to breakfast (pancakes) but she immediately went back to bed afterwards. I wandered down the street and bought toothbrushes and toothpaste ...

We have decided that New York City is not a nice place. That's not to say that we haven't had a fantastic time, we truly have. But the journey to this city has taught us that we are country folk at heart! The city is manic. Those of you that haven't been, then go, it's an amazing place in terms of architecture, history, pride, diversity, charact...

A brief history of my time in New York, trying to keep this travel blog upto date with where I have been in the world. Even I forget where I have been and when. So New York - bars, shopping, Irish bars, tall buildings, Irish bars, McD2onalds and so on for 12 days. Oh and the New York Nicks and Phantom of the Opera were quite good too. Halloween ...