What an incredible place, this post is a little lazy and just lists what we did each day. Because we did so much and clocked 25,000 steps each day it would be far to long to write in detail about everything.

We stayed in Hells Kitchen one block from Times Square. Location was great so we walked and caught the subway everywhere, it’s so easy!!

Day one

Top of the rock observation deck – incredible views of the city

Wandered fifth avenue – posh and fancy

Visited Central Park – so massive, really well designed

Grand central terminal – like the movies, hectic

Times Square – also like the movies HECTIC ALWAYS

Public library – nice old building

Got bagels – Zuckers – salmon and cream cheese with capers

Joes pizza – famous with the celebs, by the slice, very delicious

Juniors cheesecake – classic New York baked, matts fave.

Day two

Walked over Brooklyn bridge and back. Brooklyn bridge park is nice, got coffee in Dumbo area

Visited sea port area

Went through city hall park – partially closed with lots of blacked out cars there

World Trade Center memorial and museum – a very well put together museum, sad to walk on the foundations of the original twin towers

Broadway show – Chicago , longest running American show on broadway, amazing singing and dancing

Joes pizza – back again, so good $3 a slice

Zuckers bagels – again, back again, roast turkey and salad today

Day three

Staten Island ferry to see Statue of Liberty – free, great views

Visited Wall Street and the raging bull statue – extremely busy with tourists, cool to see

Trinity church – under restoration in parts

Walked back home through tribeca and soho, saw the friends apartment

Zuckers again for lunch wow chicken salad today

Dig inn for dinner – make your own salad, loving the grilled brocoli, kumara and salmon bowl, expenny but worth it for the vitamins

Went to times square at night – HECTIC

Day four

Walked the high line – really nice area, could live in Chelsea

Climbed the vessel, great view of the Hudson – very high up, matt got sweaty hands

Chelsea market – awesome selection of street food style vendors, found a sample sale and bought a cool dress

Museum of natural history – enormous, three hours not enough time. Incredible to see the taxidermy animals in their dioramas. Dinosaurs and early human skeletons, so cool.

Dig inn for dinner again – good to balance out the bagels and pizza

Got cheesecake again – chocolate swirl and blueberry

Day five

Matt got a haircut, first one since Vietnam

Did our own laundry at a good and cheap laundromat – laundry is so much easier when English is the first language.

Walked through the centre of Central Park and around the lake – very beautiful, right in the middle of such a huge city

H and h bagels for lunch – mixed up the cafe today, had a salmon mixed into cream cheese (lox spread)

Levains bakery cookies – peanut butter chocolate is life, so fudgy and totally worth $4

Walked park avenue home – stopped for a drink then caught the subway with our bags to the airport, flew to London, caught the tube to Warwicks house.