Blogs from New York, New York, United States, North America - page 15

Banff looked beautiful today in the sunshine as we left to go to Calgary Airport! Bruce drove some of our group (including us) to Calgary, and some were going on the Rocky Mountaineer, including Darcy, the tour guide. Bit of a wait at the airport as other people had earlier flights than us, then our flight was delayed. Landed at Newark airport after a 4 1/2 hour flight, airport transfer was not there (stuck in traffic), so went with a shuttle from the same company. Arrived at our hotel just after midnight, room not as small as we thought it might be, so all good.... read more

This day was to be over shadowed by the main event happening tonight! But we needed to do something for the day to go bye. So we once again put on our woollies and trudged up towards Central Park and aiming for Nike Town. Needing fuel we stopped by a little eatery by the name of Gregory's and had our selves some warming coffees and toast. We found Nike town and perused the floors of different Nike apparel. Americans not working for tips certainly do not put in the customer service as do their counterparts. Anyway after we waited 20mins for the larger size jumper for Ollie, we realised the correct choice was made. He looked the goods, model material for sure. Bec decided she wanted more culture in the day than a few large sweaty ... read more

Woke up in the morning with the sound of rain piter patter on the roof.... wait.. no.. same as every other day cause we are in the middle of an apartment building with our window facing an other building about a meter away. So it is raining and it is quite foggy and grey, what better day to go and see the Statue of Liberty from the seat of a Staten Island ferry. Easy cab ride to the ferry terminal with our Indian friend, no change there. The ferry ride consist of half an hour to the island that really has nothing to do there and then off, walk around a circle and get back on for the half an hour return trip. Cool, an hour done and the lady of freedom waved goodbye. From there ... read more

Lovely morning too have a bit of a relax and some gaming in the room with Ollie while Bec and Mum tackled some shopping, pretty sure I got the good end of that deal. Not before too long it was time to head off to our next adventure. Christmas with the Rockettes! We walked briskly through Bryant Park and had to be at Radio City an hour before the show and as we had seen the size of the line a few days earlier down the street we decided not to risk it. The line was still there but it moved really quick and after the statutory metal detector and bag search we were gazing upon the awesome interior of a Christmas infused Radio City Lobby. Ollie and I took a quick spin with Santa in ... read more

With a whole lot of flying under our belts and a bit of sleep in our eyes we figured what better way to clear our heads and get our bearings was to go for a nice stroll. Nothing too extreme just a waltz down to Grand Central Station to start ticking boxes! A bit chilly, around 6 degrees nothing we cant handle, but I am glad I changed out of shorts. After the Station we found our way to the New York Public Library. Checked its Chrissy tree and book train and realised that sleep was very much needed. As it was getting dark we agreed on an early night, followed by a quick 14-16 hour sleep. I did manage to squeeze in a couple of Bud Lites and a Philly Cheese Steak before bed! When ... read more