After a long sleep we decided to head into Manhatten. We walked down Broadway from Times Square up to Central Park and went to see the bridge where Elf had a snowball fight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRvlnXpo6xw). We then finished the day off with a night-time trip up the Empire State Building. We've never seen so many skyscrapers - ever. This has to be the most built-up city in the world.
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| Manhattan Skyline from The Empire State Building 86th floor |
On new year's eve we felt like some retail therapy so we headed to FAO Schwarz - an enormous toy shop, followed by a visit to the Apple store (which never closes).
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| Amazing toy store! Has anyone seen Big? |
Having spent some time looking at shiny things, we made our way towards Times Square for the evening's festivities. We saw the ball drop and met some random but friendly people. The evening's entertainment was bizarre to say the least, including a joint performance by New Kids on the Block & the Backstreetboys, Taio Cruz singing imagine, Ke$ha riding on Santa's shoulders and 3 girls dressed as cabin crew singing military songs! Only in the US.
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| Times Square New Year - 1Million people! |
When we finally got out of bed on new year's day we went to the American Museum of Natural History and we rounded off the day with a walking tour of midtown.
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| American Museum of Natural History |
We started today with a trip on the Staten Island Ferry with cracking views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Manhatten Island.
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| Misty Manhattan from Staten Island Ferry (Minus Twin towers) |
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| Statue of Liberty |
We then spent some time exploring lower Manhatten including Wall St, South Shore Seaport and Ground Zero.
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| Brooklyn Bridge |
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| Ground Zero Next we embarked on a walking tour from Lower Manhatten to Grenwich Village via China Town, Little Italy and Soho. It has been a very tiring but interesting few days. |
Yay! I'm random ;)
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