Suitably fortified with tea and chocolate babka, we set off to conquer NYC. Spent most of the morning shivering in the (covered) top deck of a tour bus round the Downtown area. Now I knew to expect sky scrapers and all that, but really wasn't quite prepared for how big they are. Truly magnificent.
I remember the following: Macys, Empire State Building, Rockefeller building, that bull statue, Wall Street, 5th Avenue, Flatiron building, Battery Park, Broadway Avenue, Times Square, 3 bridges. Central Park, Time Warner buildings, Carnegie Hall. Greenwich Village, China Town, Little Italy, the UN. There are probably a few things I forgot too.
By this time we needed some hot liquid to thaw icicle toes and other bits. Soup, sandwich, Starbucks, blueberry muffin (all me, the cold makes me hungry!) and then back to a tour of the Uptown area.
Upper West side, the soup place that inspired *that* Seinfeld episode, Central Park again, Columbus circle, Columbia University, some churches, some weird NY institution that thinks hotdogs go well with papaya juice. Harlem, Malcolm X boulevard, Marin Luther King Jnr avenue, Central Park (again, the Park avenue side with all the museums and mansions).
Supper at a friend in the Upper West Side and then home for tea (did I mention we brought PG Tips with us?). Relatively early night, yay! Weather man has said there may be snow or icy rain tomorrow and temperatures down to -6 degrees C. And I forgot to pack my gatkes...
Morning, noon and night. Day 2.
2 comments:
BRRRRRR. A welcome to the Eastern US, even if not a warm one :). If you get a chance...get thee to a NY deli. Stay warm. Dave- if you don't come homw with some item that says 'I love NY' - I'll be very surprised
Hmm. Maybe, but not likely.
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