New York Day One

We left Boston really early in the morning, smart in hindsight as it gave us more time. The weather was a bit better in New York. Getting in a cab was really cool. They were exactly like you would expect. It's like you are meeting a celebrity. They have the glass dividing the back and front - the tv's. We drove msot of the way along the freeway - more or less passing Queens, and seeing Flushing Meadow. The freeway was very much like an Australian Freeway. We then turned off and went through Brooklyn.

Horns, sirens were constant. New York is the most famous city in the world and is a celebrity in itself. Our cabby didn't take us through Times Square, we hopped out a bit before that. Hahah - The stupid bag guy who took our bags up to our room. Here are the lights. This switch here turns the lights off and on. To go to the toilet you open your fly..... I mean you give him 5 bucks not for the bags but just to make him shut up and stop stating the obvious. Funny though looking back on it. And funny then too.

Our room was awesome though. It was not far from Times Square at all. 2 minutes walk if that.

After unpacking we headed to Times Square. Times Square isn't so much of a square for people to gather. Its more an intersection of about 4 streets. But geez in terms of advertising it is crazy. People were standing in queue for Broadway tickets. It started to rain so we quickly headed for cover. We thought we'd go to an authentic New York diner, The Comfort Diner. Sherry had either been to one or knew of one that was relatively close. We walked there, but buy god, I reckon it was around a dozen blocks. When we got there we had to wait because it was so busy, but it was sure worth the wait.

After that mini-feast we only had a short walk to Grand Central Station. It was friggin huge, but to the city's credit really clean. The corridors that led to all the different platforms were spacious, naturally bright and littered with cool shops. It was liek a mini market.

Gangsta

After leaving Grand Central we walked up to the NBA store. This was a massive doubls storey shop with hundreds of jersey's, and lots of knick-knacks all related to the NBA. I bought a Patrick Ewing Knicks Jersey and an NBA glasses case.

Leggo Garnett

After the NBA store we walked into the Museum of Modern Art. It would haev been cool to go through the whoole museum but the queue was just insane. The only other lines i have seen that big were in Times Square where people were lining up for Broadway tickets and also at 'The Buffet' in the Belagio. So we just preused the gift shop which had lots of cool stuff anyway.

We then headed to Cerntral Park which was really cool to see. It is just a massive park. Its so big it contains a zoo. We took a romantic ride around a small portion of the park.

There are many famous buildings in New York. The only ones I dont think i saw up close wree teh Empire State Building, The Ed Sullivan Theatre and Madison Square Garden.

We then walked back towards Times Square - and convenientally into the M&M shop - which you guessed it is filled with M&M's. If it only it had Eminem. But yeah - massive tubs with every possible colour and tonnes of gift packs as well.

We then headed to the Rockafella centre which is east of Times Square. This is the home of NBC studios and is where famous shows such as NBC Today, Conan O'brien are filmed. Around the other side is an ice-skating rink and our eventual dinner location. Someone even proposed on the rink while we were there.

ESPN - the NBA game-time shows are filmed up here.