NYC10 – Day 14: Living in a material world
The day after Thanksgiving has become an event in itself. These days called Black Friday, shops go into overdrive offering massive discounts. Not wanting to shop in midtown or at...
NYC10 – Day 11: Walk like an Egyptian
We were up early, well early for a holiday: 8.30. We are meeting Bob at Grand Central. He is hosting an Untapped New York tour of the terminal. He invited...
Day 10: Mormon, Grand Central and rain
The rain fell slow and long all night. We were planning asleep in, but the hotel fire alarm went off just after 7.00am. We both jumped out of bed, hoping...
Day 31: Stats, and a quick run around
452,256 steps in the Big Apple375 kms walked554 floors climbed, those Dann subway steps59 trips on the subway31 perfect nights at the always feels like home AKAToo many burgers6 great...
Day 24: A terrific time with trains and terminals
We were up early for our planned visit to Grand Central Terminal (GCT) today, a four hour tour starting at 10am. The tour advertised secret passageways, doors and some serious...
Day 07: A midtown walk in the rain
We woke to thunder bolts and lightning. So had a morning in. Washing and tidying up. We had a walking tour planned for midtown at 2pm and hoped the weather would...
Day 20: Photos, the Gelber’s and shop windows
After a late night last night we slept in. Of course we also had granola for breakfast from last night's dinner event. After breakfast I went for a walk to grand...
Day 14: Rats, pigs, dogs and Bruce Willis
We had another early start as we planned for a mid town architecture walk and later tonight a play starring Bruce Willis. We headed off for a bit of a walk...
Day 06: Grand Central
We were greeted with a perfect autumn day, 18 degrees and sunny. I headed out in the morning for a walk around Times Square Took some photos and bought some gifts....
Day 07: Nice work
We head out today, again overcast and a little stormy, but mild and on the side of warm and walk to Grand Central Terminal. We experienced this exquisite building last...
Day 06: Fleeting glimpse
Today architecture is high on our list. We get up close to the Empire State Building and then walk along 5th Avenue back to Pershing Square and admire Grand Central Terminal,...