New York, New York!

Trip Start Oct 15, 2007
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Trip End Aug 24, 2008


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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Our first full day in New York started with us working out the subway system and going to Coney Island for a bit of an explore.  We had food at the original Nathan's Famous - as per your instructions Charlotte - which was fantastic in a hot-doggy kind of way.  Wandered along the boardwalk, which is 70 feet wide, and paddled in this side of the Atlantic. Chased seagulls.  Generally messed about in beachy kind of ways.  Unfortunately the Cyclone was closed (out of season) but at least we have a good excuse to come back now!

Then we headed over to South Ferry thinking of getting a ferry to see the Statue of Liberty but we'd missed the last one that day, so we just got to see the half dozen or so people who make their living from dressing in a gown and a rubber 'Liberty' mask and trying to persuade tourists to pose with them...we resisted the temptation to push them off their stools and headed up to the Empire State building then back to the hostel for movie night, with free (microwave) popcorn and some of the liveliest beer we've encountered for some time.  The sort you can drink within an hour or so of pouring it.  Bubbly.

Wednesday we went back down to South Ferry and tried to go and see the Statue of Libery again but this time they had signs up saying that there were no more entries to the Statue that day - so we took the Staten Island (free!) ferry instead which gave us some pretty good views of the big pointy French bird and the Lower Manhattan skyline.  We went to see the part of it that's not there any more...strangely moving.  Then had a nice wander around Greenwich Village. Ate pastrami on rye and window shopped for puppies. The ones with the wagg-er-ly tails.

We had an early bus the following morning so went back to the hostel to pack and have an early night, but not before meeting the world's dullest man - yes, he was a Brit. A railway signals design engineer for the London Underground. No, it's not as interesting as it sounds.

Up early the following morning for a bus to Boston....
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