Concrete jungle

Following good advice we took the free Staten Island ferry to get a great view of Brooklyn bridge, Ellis island and the Statue of Liberty.





Also a great view of the city....


We headed to the wall street area where Stevie got on the wrong side of an angry bull





Then over to ground zero where they are in the middle of constructing a memorial area. We thought the fountains were beautiful and the whole area had been well thought out. It was strange seeing the place we had seen so often in the news.


For any Canadians out there you will share our excitement when we found this coffee shop! We didn't go for a double double though.....


Then up the rockerfeller building for some spectacular views of the city.








We found the sun trap on the top deck hard to leave and Stevie ate the best banana he had ever had apparently.... He went on about it for days!!


Grand Central station....


I liked this building....


Times square for a refreshment :)


Cheers!


Day 2 Unfortunately a very rainy day....


So after a fabulous breakfast at Sarabeths on the upper west side, we headed for the indoor comfort of the natural history museum.


While we were in the museum there was a Facebook party going on behind a wall partition. We could hear Alicia Keys singing just on the other side which was very cool. And no amount of smiling at the security guard got me access inside!


Later that evening everything was still very wet, on the up side we thought it made for a good photo.


The Chrysler building looked beautiful with the fog surrounding it.


The Knicks were playing at Madison gardens so we decided to spend the evening watching the game in a pub opposite the venue to soak up some atmosphere. Day 3 We had the morning before our flight to explore so again following some very good advice from our hostel receptionist we went to a park in Chelsea (round the corner from our hostel). The park is an old railway that has been transformed into a very cool above street level park.


The park had viewing stops throughout with seated areas to watch the city go by


The path conveniently led to the Chelsea market with a wide variety of breakfast choices :) We went for crepes.

Location:New York