New York blog

NEW YORK! how exciting! I can't believe we are here! I've wanted to visit this city for so long. Didn't do it on the last trip and so glad we are here now. I love this city!! 

MONDAY: After resting on Sunday we were both ready to hit the town. We headed to Times Square today. Love it. Absolutely love it. Because it was Monday it wasn't as busy as some of the other days so it was nice. We walked around checking out some of the theatres and had lunch at TGI Fridays. Got our bearings and chatted about the plans for the rest of the week. We went to the Harry Potter exhibit (New York is it's last stop) and then after lunch went to see the new Harry Potter movie. I was impressed I must say. I think they finished it off well. 
Walking around times square we got stopped by a guy giving out David Letterman tickets. Thankfully James got the trivia question right so our plans for Tuesday altered as we got tickets!! Had dinner in the city and headed back to the apartment. 

TUESDAY: Straight to Museum of Modern Art for our first museum stop. I liked this museum. It was fresh (hence being modern lol) and kept me interested. They had a Kathryn Bigelow exhibit which was very interesting. After MoMA James and I headed to CBS Studios for the Late Show with David Letterman. Lined up, got our tickets and then were hand picked for front section seats! I was so excited!!! When we were seated we had second row and in the middle. A great view of the whole stage particularly the guests of the show which were a jazz band, two of the soccer girlsfrom the USA team that came 2nd inthe world cup and Steve Carell!! Woohoo! Was a great show and a great experience. 
Walking back down to Times Square we got drenched but it didn't matter. 

WEDNESDAY: We firstly decided to try to get lottery tickets to Wicked. Unfortunately were unsuccessful. :( But keeping the spirits high we headed to the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum. Took the metro train up there and walked across central park. The Museum itself is very cool with a very different architecture to it but I was extremely disappointed with the exhibit they had on. It was from an artist called Lee Ufan an seriously this kind of 'art' a five year old could do. All it was was pieces of metal on top of rocks. Or a rock in the middle of glass. Or a very simple painting on white canvas with a box in it and there were about 15 of these with the same box but in a different spot onthe canvas!!! BORING! Thankfully the museums permanent art collection included some Monets, Van Gogh, and Picasso and that made up for it. 
We headed back to the centre of the city to try once again for the Wicked Lottery. Alas no luck again. So we decided to go to the top of the Empire State building. 
What an amazing view from up there. It was a little hazy but still beautiful. Times Square is so bright with all of the. Advertising panels and the Chrysler building looks pretty cool. We went up at dusk and stayed for about an hour and a half til dark. Then headed home after a long day on our feet. 

THURSDAY: We went to the Financial District today. It was extremely hot. Walked down Wall Street and then down to Battery Park to catch the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.   I thought the statue was pretty cool and all that it represents for America. The crown was closed to the public today. 
After the islands we walked to ground zero. They are re building there a new memorial which will open on the 10 year anniversary so we couldn't see much as it was all blocked off. A very sombre place. Even I could feel the terror and tragedy that rests there. 

FRIDAY: Thinking I need a holiday from my holiday!! My feet are exhausted. Seriously. We have been walking quite a bit every day and my feet and calf muscles need a break! Still I am thoroughly enjoying this holiday and I'll rest when we get to Fiji in a few days. 
First on the agenda, breakfast at Tiffany's. :) Eyed off some nice jewelry that was way out of my budget and felt like Audrey Hepburn. 
Then Museum day! Off to the American Museum of Natural History then to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Big day!! 
Highlights at AMNH-Star show in the planetarium and the big whale. 
The Met- the Monets, Van Goghs and all the Art from that era, plus the sculptures and actual architecture of the building. 

SATURDAY: Massive itinerary today. James and I planned an attack of some sights to visit and quickly take photos today before we headed to MARY POPPINS on broadway!!!!! 
After washing some clothes, we first went to the exterior of the Friends building and took some piccys. Then to the Washington Arc, then off to Mary Poppins! Mary Poppins was amazing!! I totally loved it. Money well spent. We then travelled home via the State Library, the NHL store and the NBC store. 

SUNDAY: Bit of a late start to the day. But once we got going our feet took us to the Intrepid Museum of Air, Space and Sea. James was like a big kid in a toy store! It wa pretty cool seeing some amazing planes and a submarine and the actual intrepid ship which is what the museum is housed in. Afterwards a trip to some flea markets. We were very disappointed as they were classic flea markets with very very old things. Would be good if you were after antiques or 1940s clothes but we weren't! Anyways we made our way to 14th street to meet Tamara!!  Yay!! Had dinner with Tamara then to Hillsong NYC. Very different to Hillsong in Sydney but still just as crowded. :) We managed to find a Max Brenner after church and I got myself a chocolate syringe so I went and shot up in Union Square and fed my chocolate addiction. Lol

MONDAY: Time to attack Central Park on bikes. Thankfully the weather had finally cooled down after some scorching sticky days. At 29degrees it was much more comfortable than 38. So we hired bikes at the park and went exploring. It's been years since I've been on a bike and I'll admit it took a little getting used to but in the end apart from being extremely unfit I was ok. 
We went through Strawberry Fields and saw the John Lennon memorial Imagine Mosaic, then to the Friends fountain and other fountains and along the way passed carousels, the place where they have ice rinks in the winter, and many beautiful little bridges. 
After our bike hire was over we sat down and injected ourselves with all the calories we had just lost bike riding. Lol. Tamara then met up with us again (Yay!) and we hit a few little spots around town. First to the Alice in Wonderland Statue. It started to rain on the way and neither of us had umbrellas. Oh well. It's only water! Then to Serendipity. Unfortunately there was an hour and a half wait to sit and eat so just had a few photos then went to the big toy store called FAO Schwarz where Tom Hanks played on the Big Piano in the movie Big. You guessed it James and I had a go on the piano too! 
Had a great afternoon with Tamara. Was good to get the opportunity to see her. :) 
T dropped us home and James and I dried off before heading out to dinner and a movie. We watched Horrible Bosses which was pretty funny!! 

Today we head to Coney Island and then off to The Addams Family cal starring Brooke Shields. 

Tomorrow we head back to LA for a few hours before boarding our flight to FIJI! Where there will be no use of electronics. It's our Holiday from our Holiday. 

Back on the 1st August. See you all then. :) xox