Tuesday 10 August
Said goodbye to Martin in Washington DC and jumped on a shuttle bus bound for Union Station. Had a good relaxing train journey to New York. We stepped outside the Station and the crazy NY traffic hit us, not literally, but the noise and the people rushing everywhere took our breath away.
We stood for a moment to get our bearings and couldn't believe our eyes - right in front of us was
Hotel Pennsylvania!! Top marks Allen.
Went on a leisurely boat trip around the harbour and saw the
Statue of Liberty,
Empire State Building and
Ground Zero.
In the evening we hopped on an open top Tour Bus and went over the world's first suspension bridge, Brooklyn Bridge. Drove along Manhattan Bridge, saw Chinatown, City Hall, Harlem, United Nations, Central Park, Time Square, the Financial District etc. etc. Saw just about every major attraction.
Got off the bus and listened to the music at
BB King's Blues Club, awesome.
The highlight of New York was seeing
Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. It was the best show I have ever seen. After dining at Bubba's we got a NY Taxi to our hotel (a boy on a big bike) and enjoyed the 4 hours sleep before jumping on a plane to the UK.
( Note our police escort to JFK )
NB: Our UK and Europe trip will be posted on a separate Blog.
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