New York. Monday 08/10/12 The night before (Sunday) we faced reality and started packing our cases, we didn't believe that this would be a problem as we had both arrived with practically empty cases and looking at what we had bought, once you get rid of the boxes and wrappings there didn't seem to be too much, boy!! were we wrong, cases soon filled up and we still had a quick shop the next morning to complete. Up early Monday and the weather is overcast and ...

Up early as we were booked on the ferry to see the Statue of Liberty at 9am, and once we got outside the cold wind hit us like an icy blast, caught a taxi down to Battery Point and even at that time they was one long line up of people, once again you have to go through security cameras before boarding the boat, but once the line got going we got through the procedures very quickly and the ferry left on time, due to the crowd we ended up on the top deck, cold wind...

Friday turned out to be a beautiful day, the sun was finally shining so we decided today was the day to go to see the Statue of Liberty, but no that was not an easy thing to do, you have to go online and book and Friday was all booked out so we are now booked to go on Sunday, anyway next option was the Empire State Building, so off we go, finally get there to see this long long queue and are advised that if we join that line we could be up to 2 hours before we ev...

Before I go any further I must let you know what is around us in New York, we are on 52nd street between 8th Avenue and Broadway, Broadway being where all the shows are held, playing at the moment around us is "Mamma Mia", Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Chicago, and around the corner is the old Broadway Theatre, going to breakfast the other day the streets were packed with large trucks with a lot of camera equipment and the windows of the theatre had been all taped ...

A beautiful day dawned on Saturday and we were up early and out of the hotel, Chrissie was on a mission to find the Magnolia Bakery that was featured in the "Sex in the City" series that Carrie and Miranda used to sit on the bench out front of the shop, so headed towards Greenwich Village area and found it on the corner, had a quick look in but we were early and the cupcakes were not finished so then went looking for the appartment that Carrie lived in in the ser...