We have left the “Big Apple” after a fantastic week. It really is an amazing city and as Frank Sinatra implies, if you can make it there you will make it anywhere. I think it is a city that grabs you as you enter it and doesn’t stop slapping you around until you sit back in your departing train’s seat. We found some real gems on our visit and perhaps the nicest was Bryant Park just across the road from out hotel. A small leafy park that was filled with people playing chess, petanque, and all manner of board games under the trees. In fact there was a mobile shelf that was put out each day that had games and books for people to use. At the top end was a Bar Café that was perfect
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