Too tired to get up this morning - we think the American jet lag is now properly kicking in!
After a spot of breakfast we head down towards the piers to see whether we can go on a boat trip around Manhatten to get some great views of the skyline. It is a really lovely day - sunny, crisp and cold (no snow yet!).
We are in luck as there is a Circle Line Cruise leaving in 30 minutes so we get a City Pass which covers this trip and all the top attractions in NYC and go to find a good spot on the boat. It is certainly very popular but we luckily get two seats together outside on the upper deck.
Now Mrs M has done this trip twice before in her very much younger years and her abiding memories of these previous excursions was that it was very cold and there were lots of bridges - whilst this is again true today we have some really great views of the Statue of Liberty, the Enterprise Space Shuttle, the famous skyline including the new Freedom Tower being constructed and the other districts including the Bronx, Brooklyn etc.
We are really pleased we did it as it was an excellent three hour tour and the commentary was great. Despite the cold we are also some of the only people (apart from a very hardy French family) to have lasted the entirety of the trip on the outside back deck - we are certainly in need of a cup of tea by the end to warm up!
After disembarking we walk to Times Square to have a look around and to hopefully see whether we can get some tickets to a Broadway Show for this evening. Before leaving the UK Mrs M's friend in the office had recommended a ticket booth in the middle of Times Square where you could get amazing deals on tickets for shows on that day. The only details we could remember was that the ticket booth was under some big red steps - hopefully not too difficult to find....
Eventually (given Times Square is pretty big) we find the ticket booth and manage to get tickets to our first choice show - 'Nice work if you can get it' - a musical based on the songs of Gershwin starring Matthew Broderick. We can't believe how lucky we have been to do all the things we have wanted to on our trip.
Back for a quick tea before the show at a great Mexican restaurant located in Grand Central Station! Not quite what we expected for a station tea - and not what you would get at home!
We walk back to Broadway for the show which is amazingly good - the songs are great, we know all the words and it is a really happy and feel good. We are totally buzzing when we leave - a fantastic night!
Mrs & Mr M
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| Kelvin is excited to make it to the Big Apple... |
We are in luck as there is a Circle Line Cruise leaving in 30 minutes so we get a City Pass which covers this trip and all the top attractions in NYC and go to find a good spot on the boat. It is certainly very popular but we luckily get two seats together outside on the upper deck.
Now Mrs M has done this trip twice before in her very much younger years and her abiding memories of these previous excursions was that it was very cold and there were lots of bridges - whilst this is again true today we have some really great views of the Statue of Liberty, the Enterprise Space Shuttle, the famous skyline including the new Freedom Tower being constructed and the other districts including the Bronx, Brooklyn etc.
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| The Statue of Liberty, Enterprise Space Shuttle and the construction of the Freedom Tower |
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| Brooklyn Bridge with Wall St in the background |
Eventually (given Times Square is pretty big) we find the ticket booth and manage to get tickets to our first choice show - 'Nice work if you can get it' - a musical based on the songs of Gershwin starring Matthew Broderick. We can't believe how lucky we have been to do all the things we have wanted to on our trip.
Back for a quick tea before the show at a great Mexican restaurant located in Grand Central Station! Not quite what we expected for a station tea - and not what you would get at home!
We walk back to Broadway for the show which is amazingly good - the songs are great, we know all the words and it is a really happy and feel good. We are totally buzzing when we leave - a fantastic night!
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| Times Square at Night |
Mrs & Mr M
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