From the minute we got into the cab at La Guardia airport, we knew New York was going to be an adventure! The cab driver drove like a maniac, narrowly missing a number of cars on the 30 min drive to our hotel in Times Square. We soon realised that he was just driving like everyone else in this city!
Leah's sister Jo and her partner Mike, who have been travelling in the USA since March met us in New York and together we explored the city.
Our hotel was great, with a view of Times Square from the window. Times Square is an amazing place, so many people crammed into a few blocks (mostly tourists), so many lights and full of action day or night. Quite overwhelming to be in the middle of such a huge city. There were long queues for everything from restaurants to buying something in the stores.
We toured the city on the hop on - hop off buses that stopped at all the major sights and then some! We saw all the places you think of when you think of New York - the Statue of Liberty, went to the top of the Empire State Building and visited Central Park, which was a nice escape from the crowds, saw a show on Broadway, saw Carnegie Hall and Wall Street, and of course went into Tiffany's...just for a look. We did a night lights tour also, which was quite spectacular from Brooklyn looking back to Manhattan.
Notice how brave both Michael and Joey are!!!
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