Didn't sleep very well last night. Pete fell asleep watching tv, and we ended up sleeping head-to-tail. But the room was very hot and uncomfortable (it had a big thick hot water heating pipe running right through the room). Got up quite late after a bit of a sleep-in.
Wandered down to Times Square and got ourselves a two day ticket with "Big Apple Tours".
After breakfast we changed rooms in the hotel to one with two beds.
Then headed back down to Times Square again and hopped on one of the Big Apple Tours tour buses. Took their City Tour all round midtown, down through Greenwich Village, Chinatown and little Italy to the financial district. Took lots of photos!
Nasdaq Building, Times Square
Times Square
Times Square looking north
Radio City Music Hall
Queue outside Radio City
Rockefeller Centre
Times Square
Looking up West 47th St
ABC building in Times Square
Times Square looking south
Empire State Building
Macy's Department Store
Supposed to be the second biggest department store in the world
Empire State Building
Looking straight up the Empire State Building
Flatiron Building
I had to get a photo of this building because there is a picture of it in the subway where I have lunch a couple of times a week
Fire stairs on the sides of tenement buildings
"Evolution" Store
Antique Flea Market
Stores in Chinatown
US Courthouse
US Courthouse
Woolworth Building
World Trade Centre Towers
World Trade Centre Towers
We ended up in Battery Park, and found out that you really need to be at the Statue of Liberty very early if you want to get up it.
World Trade Centre Towers from Battery Park
Statue of Liberty through the trees at Battery Park
Squirrel in Battery Park
Squirrels were everywhere in the parks in New York and Washington DC
Squirrel in Battery Park
Also, it's really really cold here! Not snowing, but the wind is a killer. I spent $5 USD on a beanie which has the New York Yankees logo on it.
It was also a bit cloudy, so we just wandered around lower Manhatten.
Bull near the New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street Sign
New York Stock Exchange, Wall St
Hanging Christmas lights on the New York Stock Exchange
Trinity Church from Wall St
Federal Hall
Lower Manhattan from Pier 17
Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
After it got dark we caught the subway back up town (after taking the wrong train lines - twice - ending up over the bridge in Queens - oops - but eventually made it back).
Checked our email, crashed in front of Twister, and ordered a pizza for dinner.
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