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First off, im gunna get the moans out of the way! My feet have never hurt so much and ive never felt so exhausted. My little legs may soon fall off as they havent been made to walk so much in 3 months let alone 3 days!However, i have 3 of the best days ever! We arrived in NYC saturday 7th lunchtime and got into an utter pickle trying to find our hostel but got there evtnually with a little help from a trust yellow cab!The hostel is called 'Central Park Hostel' and it literlally is on central park. So we dropped off our heavy bags and walked the whole of central park, taking in the amazing views over the jackie onassis reservoir, a castle which i have forgotten the name of, the great lawn, bethesda terrace where the lake and famous posh boathouse restaurant are situated. We then walked to the more bustling part of the park with the ice rink, the long rows of seating, statues and the horse and carriage rides. We basically walked 50+ blocks by walking the whole park from 103rd avenue to 59th and 5th avenue but it was well worth it, it was suprisingly warm and the skys were blue but everything was still snow covered.We then walked down 5th avenue the famous shopping avenue where tiffanys etc is. We then took a subway to Times Square which was packed as you'd expect and just alot of fun to be in in the evening on a saturday night. We then got a train to 72nd and realised we'd have to walk 30-0dd blocks to our hostel, i had my miserable face on for this as the foot rott was setting in! After a much needed nights sleep we woke up early and headed to a cafe in time sqaure fotr breaky which is situated next to the hotel i stayed at with college in 2007, alot of pancakes were eaten! We then got the subway way downtown and walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. The weather was again gorgeous, pushing 10 degrees and constantly sunny. The view of nyc from the bridge is breathtaking and you can pretty much see the whole of the city from lower to upper just sitting in the middle of the bridge.We then walked to the world trade center ground zero start and did a little century 21 shop browsing. We then got a subway back uptown and ate lunch outside the Rockefeller Centre on 5th avenue. We then went to the top of the rockefeller center and took pics of what i think is the best view of nyc, better than that from the empire state building. We then chilled in sun of some comfy chairs and prepared ourselves for more walking!!We headed down the 5th avenue again, stopping at st.someones cathedral (patrick or paul, cant remember,im tired). We went into FA0 Scwartz the famous toy shop home to the big piano. We then made our way to 42nd street Grand Central Station where we ate dinner and then took pics of the main concourse. We were knackered by this point so decided to back to the hostel and prepare for the next day in Philadelphia!
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