With a change of weather coming to cross my path I was taking no chances and put on several of layers to keep warm. Lucky I took this approach as it was snowing when I arrived. I can only hope they let Lisa's plane land.
I arrive at my hostel which is in a perfect location right near Times Square (Thanks for the recommendation Jacki). I get myself organised and go outside to do a little bit of exploring while waiting for Lisa to arrive. Lisa arrives and in no time we are eating our first slice of NY Pizza and working our way down 5th Ave. In no time Lisa has purchased a red winter jacket to keep her warm during her stay, before you knew it we were in Quicksilver buying more things. Are you starting to see a theme take shape!
As the afternoon moved into evening the city lights were coming on and we made our way to the Rockefeller Centre pass the Atlas Statue and right to the ice skating rink. Popped into the Lego store to see what was on offer. From here we grabbed a spot of food after we passed Radio City Hall. Once we had a bite to eat we were in full strength again and made our way to Times Square, well of course that was after we dropped into M&M World. Oh!!! so much chocolate, so much fun!!!. Right Times Square for the tourist photo and then off to bed. Well that's after visiting out friends at the Disney Store. Time to recharge the batteries ready for another day of shopping, sightseeing and adventure.
Yawn!! Stretch!! With light snow fall this morning it exciting to start the day like this. We decided that today we were going to make a trip to visit the Statue of Liberty recommended by the hostel was to get the free Staten Island Ferry to get a good view of the lady. By the time we made it to the Staten Island Ferry port it visibility was so poor we were unsure if we were going to see anything at all. On the way over to Staten Island we saw a outline of what we think was the Statue. On the way back it started to clear and we got a better view but unfortunately not the best. (Maybe another chance to see it before we leave.) Now that I am frozen its time to find a nice place to have a bite to eat and thaw out. Tonight we are going to Broadway to see Wicked, OK so we don't have tickets yet, but we will. First we are going to try out luck with the theatres lotto tickets. As we line up outside the theatre and put our names into the barrel, we cant help but dream of winning. OK its time for the draw, Drum Roll.......... after 13 names are pulled out we still did not have any luck with winning. Guess we will just purchase some tickets then. WICKED here we come. After the production we stepped out into a snow storm. NYC looked great but sightseeing maybe at a minimum tomorrow. No need to worry about it now lets just enjoy the snow and have some fun. Tomorrows another day.
As we awake to the sound of the streets being ploughed and sprinkled with salt. We see notice that it is a clear day. (For now!) So with out waisting any time its off to the Empire State Building for a few of the city. Good news is with the weather stopping planes from taking off or landing, there are less people around which means no queues. Straight to the front and right to the top we go. Such a great view glad we got clear day for this, (its still freakin' cold!). Lunch on the run as today we are doing some special shopping for my future sister-in-law. Shoes yep we need wedding shoes. Lucky with a bit of research and shop assistant help we found the right pair. Big thanks for Lisa for helping me find the right shoes and walking all over Manhattan. With all this walking around town we had worked up an appetite. With recommendation we found the best Italian in town. Umm... Yum!!! Just what we needed.
Another day in NY today we make our way to the to the Twin Towers Memorial & new construction site. After spending time reflecting and watching the construction of the new Freedom Tower we decide that it we needed to lift the mood so and afternoon of retail therapy is just what the doctor ordered.
Today is a sad day as we look to leave another city behind. We only have the morning to before we start making out way to Dublin. Another visit to Times Square and of course a visit 34th Street to get in that last bit of shopping. I only hope we can fit it all into our bags.
Next stop Dublin......
