Wednesday, 3 October 2018

3rd Oct - Empire State Building and NBA

Today we visited the Empire State Building.  We paid the extra to go to the 102nd floor and it was fabulous. A beautiful, clear day so we could see everything like a postcard.

In the evening we went to the Barclay Centre to watch the New York Knicks play a game of basketball against the Brooklyn Nets. It was a great show. Very close game, cheerleaders, kids dance routines etc etc. We had a great time.

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

2nd Oct - TV sites, Washington Park,

Today we visited a number of famous TV sites.

We started with the fire station from ‘Ghostbusters’.

Then the family home of the Huxtables from ‘The Cosby Show’.


Followed by the appartment from ‘Friends’

On our travels we also saw the building that the kids have dubbed the ‘Jenga Building’. See if you can tell why.

After that we had a ‘Big Gay’ icecream (because I couldn’t resist the photo!) and went for anplay at Washington Park.

1st Oct - Bryant Park, Public Library, Trump Tower, Tiffany’s

We went to Bryant Park for lunch today. We visited ‘Whole Foods’  then sat in the sun and ate. It was lovely.

Following lunch we visited the enormous public New York Library. In the Children’s library, there were the original toys of Christopher Robin.   I’ve seen Pooh Bear!!

After that we went for a walk and saw Trump Tower (much to Lachlan’s disgust - he refused to go in, and made me delete every photo of him), but Jack, Cooper and I went in to have a look.

And near there was Tiffany’s. So we had a quick look in there too.

Then we caught a lift with two Becaks through Central Park. It was great fun!  On the way we saw where Thor sends Loki away with the Teseract.

30th Sept - Flatiron, Grand Central, Broadway

We had a but of a rest day today. After a late start we headed to the Flatiron Building - an iconic New York location.


We had a look at the lego store  near there which was impressive.


Then we headed to Grand Central Terminal which was even bigger than I thought it would be.

Then the kids and Mark went home and I headed out for a night on Broadway.  I watched ‘The Book of Mormon’ which was absolutely hilarious.

29th - High Line, Chelsea Markets, Intrepid

We had a walking day today. We started by having a look at the Chelsea Markets. I’m sure if we were just a couple of adults we could have spent quite a bit of time there but we had a quick walk through.


We then headed to a restaurant for lunch - a beautiful place.

Then we walked north up the High Line -  an old above ground rail line which has been converted into a walkway. It was a hot day and the line was quite busy but it was a lovely walk.

At the end we headed up toward the Intrepid Air and Space Museum. On the way we walked past RuPaul’s ‘Dragcon’ - I’ve never seen so many drag queens in one place before!  It was very entertaining!

We then met up with the Reids and visited the Intrepid Museum. It had a space shuttle, war planes and was held on an aircraft carrier. An impressive array of stuff to see.

It was exhausting!!