Managed to ram everything into the suitcases one last time, I won't miss that! Just at Brazilian restaurant near hotel so Dad can catch up with football before the flight. Very lively with lots of oohs and aaahs along with the football action. Soon will be yellow cab time to JFK and goodbye to the "Big Apple" x x

Fantastic views over New York from top of Rockerfella building.. Walked there this morning, hardly any queues and went straight up to the top. No obstructing bars, meshing etc just clear glass panels. Could see all of Central Park It was lovely clear day. Would really recommend going up here. Next we walked down to Grand Central Terminal, lovely looking building and more to it than we realised, stopped off at Madame Tussauds to meet all the "celebs". This eveni...

Had a slightly later start this morning as we could barely drag ourselves out of bed. Once up though we had an active day. After a mile and a half walk we hire bikes and cycled around Central Park. It was a bit disappointing as you are only allowed to cycle in a big loop around the park and a couple of roads crossing it, also you have to cycle anti clockwise only. So there is no exploring the many little paths that meander through the park, unless you push the bi...

We've done loads today, caught the hop on hop off bus to down town which has a guide giving info of main sights along the way. Once at Wall Street we took a walking tour of the more historical areas , financial areas and the 9/11 memorial. Had a late lunch at O'Hara"s, the Irish pub next to the fire House located close to the World Trade Centre site. The firefighters from there were basically first responders and a great many of their fire house personnel were lo...

OMG supersize pancakes for breakfast! Note to self share with family in future. By the way they were chocolate chip pancakes! Posted by Phoebe