Brilliant costumes, stage production, performers! Had excellent seats 2 rows back from the stage. First time ever that I have seen the facial expressions of performers in a musical - absolutely stunning. The artistry was breath taking as human merged into animal form and animals became alive in their own story of good triumphing over greed and desire for power. The circle of life twisting and coming to fruition bearing thr fruit of wisdom and courage in a young l...

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge with Rebecca and Liz was wonderful. Although the crowds were everywhere, including us, we managed to take lots of photos, check out the incredible skyline of New York, Liberty Island, East River, Brooklyn, and of course, enjoy the 'moment' of being tourists together. It was alot of fun as we chatted and avoided being run over by cyclists! I discovered there was a definite line on the bridge which was the boundary between cyclu...

After the rather long walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and through the streets of Brooklyn we finally arrived at Juniors for a belated lunch. We were here for ccheesecake but thought we should start with the healthy option first of sanwich and salad. However, totally underestimated the size of a half turky sandwich, it was enormous. Half way through the half turkey sandwich I made the difficult decision to save room for chocolate ripple cheesecake and left half a...

Off to see Stature of Liberty aboard a ferry licensed to carry 700 people.pedestald breakfast at the usual place, more out of convenience than preference, and then caught train downtown to Battery Park. A big surprise has been thetrains we hhave travelled on have not been over crowded....we have always managed to get a seat which I find amaz5in a big city like New York. Once at Battery Park we watched the ferry rock from side to side and wondered about its safet...

3 Hour Walking Tour commencing at St Paul's Chapel and concludind at 9/11 Memmorial site was a moving experience. I can still remember the day, the morning when I turned the TV on and saw the images of planes crashing into the Twin Towers of the WTC. As the day unfolded in 2001 I knew something was lost in our world that day and we were entering a new era of war and conflict. Beginning in this little Chapel with so many memories of the goodness, generosity, kindn...