NEW YORK, NEW YORK: DAY 3

Off to the diner for breakfast!

This is the Metro Diner from day 1!

I had a waffle with bacon and eggs which I drowned in syrup and butter - amazing.

Lots of syrup. I needed it!

While we were at breakfast it started to rain... then it started to pour... then it turned into a massive thunder storm! The sky got so dark it was like night and the lightening was striking (pun intended) against the dark sky. It was a little bit terrifying, but still amazing!

We ran to the shop to buy umbrellas but, oh, they were the worst umbrellas ever! two of them wouldn't open properly then mine broke in 3 places and i had to hold it all together. The only thing they didn't do was fly inside out!

Because of the rain we found it very hard to accomplish much this day so we just took it fairly easy. We went to Chelsea and walked along the High Line which is the old railway which they turned into a garden path. Pretty cool idea!

I swear you can see the Empire State building from anywhere on the whole island.

The beginnings of a market on the High Line!

The old tracks

New York Court House

A beautiful building

After wandering around all day we went out to dinner for a New York style steak - amazing! Then we went to the oldest comedy club in New York and saw some very funny and some really not funny comedians. The host was my favorite!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK: DAY 2

Day 2! Today we had two extra people with us - Lauren and Cass! We had a very full day planned so had to start early. First thing we did was go to the Rockefeller Center!

Going up the Rockefeller Center is much better than the Empire State! You get very cool views.

Lauren and Cass!

Oh! There's Time Square!

 

You have to imagine the Christmas tree and snow.

That's where we were, way up there.

Lego Rockefeller

Lots and lots of Lego

Lego...

LEGO

Saks on Fifth. Because we're fancy.

St Bart's

It's not Cole Porter's piano... But it's a piano in the Waldorf Astoria. So that's pretty cool.

Can you even imagine being rich and fancy enough to stay in a place like this!

We did a lot of walking in New York but I think it really is the only way to see everything! And it  builds up a good appetite for all that amazing New York food! Wowee food's yummo over there.

I would just let the pictures do the talkin', but in case you can't deduce, next we went to Grand Central Station! 

Doesn't it just want to make you cook something.

My photos started to look like a New World advert.

99c pizza for lunch! I went for the 2 slices and a soda for $2.79 option. So cheap!

One last view of Grand Central.

Beside the New York Public Library behind which we used the fanciest public toilets in the world!

There are all these pianos around the city that people can use... This one is a professional, so bad example. Such a great idea though! Some very talented normal people out there!

Back to the Library. Aslan? Is that you?

Bit flasher than the Stoke Public Library.

They were doing a lot of work on Broadway which kind of sucked but actually, it was still incredible!

In case you feel inspired while visiting Time Square.

Oooo!

Mature.

A wee rest in Central Park

Buddies

Horse! Vanessa - I won.

The Dakota Building where John Lennon lived!

This was where John was shot on his way home. Just so sad.

We walked around a bunch more then went to dinner in the East Village. We also popped into this awesome music venue called The Living Room. Usually it's more acoustic musicians but on this day it was a bunch of misfits playing bizarrely catchy songs! I liked them.