Blogs from Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 13

Upon waking up there was piece of paper slid under the door which details all the charges that we had incurred, I was expecting the charge for the valet parking but not the charge for a bottle of water. Nobody had taken anything out of the mini fridge and thankfully the concierge downstairs agree to waive this particular fee. The valet delivered us back the car and it was time for one final drive which would take us to New York! It was going to be a 4 hour drive and we spent most of the time playing games where you take a topic and go through the alphabet coming up with answers. Along the way we finally managed to find a KFC, albeit miles out of the way, and it did not disappoint. The chicken ... read more

We started the morning with an early ferry ride over to the Statue of Liberty. Note to self, check the weekend times for commuter ferries. Turns out that the convenient $2 ferry across a small inlet by the marina doesn't start until 9 on Sundays, and we had to Uber over to Liberty State Park. The ferry from the Jersey side was much less crowded than the one coming from Battery Park. We made our way through the "airport style" security, both at the ferry dock and at the statue base, and headed up into the pedestal of the statue. They have the original torch there on display. The torch was modified many times over the years until it was replaced in 1986 and the original still has the final modifications. There is also an exhibit ... read more

Hello everyone it's been too long since I have written anything on this travel blog guess that means I need to travel more. You remember my first blog when I took my son to NYC for spring break, well it's me and him again on the east coast except this time he's about to be a senior in high school and we're visiting colleges. Yes time does fly so it time to get out and see the schools on his list, of course none of them are in Texas so that means time for a trip. We're going on a 5 day trip to the east coast, it's going to be a busy 5 days and not only are we visiting schools we're also going to 3 football camps during this trip. I worked all day ... read more

I think, when most people say they are going to New York City, they mean Manhatten, only one of the five boroughs which make up the whole of NYC. This was certainly true in our case and we had chosen accommodation which was central to exploring Manhatten. The Radio City Apartments were located slap bang in the middle of the Theatre district, just off Broadway and around the corner from Times Square. Perfect. The building itself was Art Deco in style (as are a lot of buildings in New York), there were still some vestiges of its heritage from that time, our room was small but perfectly formed and would do us just fine for our time in the city. We slept late on our first morning. A quick foray I made outside confirmed it to ... read more

Since it was raining this morning we decided that, instead of exploring SoHo, we would go to The American Museum of Natural History. After a brief subway ride (during which we did NOT get lost, we just had some trouble finding the right take-off point for a certain line) we arrived and boy was the line long! It stretched almost to the end of the block, and we're talking NYC Avenue block. Fortunately the line moved rather quickly and we were inside in no time. Once inside we made jaunts through several of the main halls (of which there are 45), our favorites being the Marine Life, the Meteorites, The Gems/Minerals, and the Dinosaurs. We were even able to catch a show at the Hayden Planetarium! After this we were of course very hungry, so we ... read more