Friday, December 15, 2006
New York, New York
We've made it to the Big Apple which means only one thing...it's the last week of our holiday. We could never have envisaged the end but you know what they say about all things good...Instead of moping, we've been making the most of our time we have left. On Wednesday we managed to get $10 tickets to see the New York Knicks v Atlanta Hawks at the impressive Madison Square Gardens venue. The Knicks won but neither team were as skilful as the game we saw in LA a month ago. Earlier in the day we wandered through 9 floors of Macys department store which looks stunning at Christmas time. Luckily for the kids of New York, they don't have to go far for lunch as there is a McDonalds right in the middle of the kids clothing department! Shocking.
Yesterday we walked about an hour to get down to Lower Manhatten. You kind of arrive at Ground Zero and just stop in your tracks. You can walk right around the perimeter looking in at the developments that are going on. No picture can really get across the scale of the area. It was great though to see normal people going about their daily lives getting on with things knowing what had happened 5 years ago. We visited the NY Police Museum and that had further photos and artefacts about September 11th. It brought back sad memories for us; I can't imagine what it must have been like for New Yorkers. In the evening we went out in Chelsea to some bars and a great Mexican restaurant.
Today we are trying to get tickets for a show on Braodway and we still have so much to do...Empire State Building, Statten Island ferry, 5th Avenue shops, ice-skating and whatever else we can fit in.
I love this city - it's the perfect end to our holiday.
# posted by Rhodri @ 5:26 pm 
