Two studs do New York - BA First Class
Feb 4, 2018, 4:48 am
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Feb 4, 2018, 9:48 am
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Feb 4, 2018, 2:29 pm
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Fantastic photos there and LOL at your photobomber 
Loved the close up ones of Lady Liberty - we bypassed getting off there on our last visit to NYC in favour of spending more time at Ellis Island which was fantastic but very moving.
What like is the view from the Marriott revolving restaurant? That's where I am booked into for our stay and going to book a table for the revolving restaurant when the dates open for our stay there.
Loved the close up ones of Lady Liberty - we bypassed getting off there on our last visit to NYC in favour of spending more time at Ellis Island which was fantastic but very moving.What like is the view from the Marriott revolving restaurant? That's where I am booked into for our stay and going to book a table for the revolving restaurant when the dates open for our stay there.
Feb 6, 2018, 11:44 am
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The view is good - there's like a double set of windows though so there's reflection at night time in the glass. You will get a decent view during the day!
Feb 6, 2018, 1:55 pm
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Another day and some more great weather. We took a walk to Central Park and spent a few hours wandering around.
The lake was frozen over!
And I made a wee friend who was very timid indeed
That massive steak last night thankfully didn't mean that I fell through the ice!
I then heard some music playing and decided to follow the sound and see what was happening. Turns out that there was the Women's March going on. It was basically a protest against Donald Trump and the fact that he seems to have so many anti-women policies. Stud 2 left me to go see one of his friends so I decided to take part in the protest march! It was great fun and I got talking to a load of people who were profusely apologising for the fact that Donny is the President. There was a brass band playing tunes (my personal favourite was "Hit the Road, Trump, don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more, hit the road, Trump, don't you come back no more!). Some pics....
And my personal favourite.....
I then walked back through Central Park and made my way to Grand Central Station for a look around.
I was surprised how calm Grand Central was. There were loads of people milling around but there was hardly any noise. I took a wander down to the food court bit and grabbed a beer and then came back up and settled into a bar and engaged in some people watching for a while.
We met up again at Times Square and managed to get some tickets to Avenue Q that evening.
And then after wandering around, we found some more placards....
LOL
The lake was frozen over!
And I made a wee friend who was very timid indeed
That massive steak last night thankfully didn't mean that I fell through the ice!
I then heard some music playing and decided to follow the sound and see what was happening. Turns out that there was the Women's March going on. It was basically a protest against Donald Trump and the fact that he seems to have so many anti-women policies. Stud 2 left me to go see one of his friends so I decided to take part in the protest march! It was great fun and I got talking to a load of people who were profusely apologising for the fact that Donny is the President. There was a brass band playing tunes (my personal favourite was "Hit the Road, Trump, don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more, hit the road, Trump, don't you come back no more!). Some pics....
And my personal favourite.....
I then walked back through Central Park and made my way to Grand Central Station for a look around.
I was surprised how calm Grand Central was. There were loads of people milling around but there was hardly any noise. I took a wander down to the food court bit and grabbed a beer and then came back up and settled into a bar and engaged in some people watching for a while.
We met up again at Times Square and managed to get some tickets to Avenue Q that evening.
And then after wandering around, we found some more placards....
LOL
Feb 6, 2018, 3:27 pm
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Feb 7, 2018, 12:48 pm
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We were then off to the Empire State Building. I was told that it's good to do in the evening so that you can see the city lights and Rockefeller Centre is good to do during the day so you actually get a view of the Empire State Building. I wanted to catch sunset so we had a quick walk down and thankfully didn't have to wait in the queue for long before we were up in the elevator and out to the viewing platform.
This was my favourite part of this trip. The sunset was absolutely spectacular. I will apologise now for the number of pics of the same view but the colours were just something else. I managed to FaceTime family from the top of the Empire State to show them the sunset and they absolutely loved it!
Heyyyyy Flat Iron! Not seen you yet!
[img]"https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4670/40105333702_1c7bec718b_c.jpg[/img]
Hoping this panorama posts OK.....
I spy with my little eye......
Coming up to the finale of the sunset.....
I mean, that was just something else. To be in New York and see that sunset from one of the most famous buildings in the world was so special. I was absolutely bloody freezing standing outside but I didn't want to go inside and miss anything!
Anyway, there's not much from the evening...... we went to Avenue Q which was amazing and then started here.......
And I can't really show much more of that night in fear of getting suspended for breaching numerous rules.......
This was my favourite part of this trip. The sunset was absolutely spectacular. I will apologise now for the number of pics of the same view but the colours were just something else. I managed to FaceTime family from the top of the Empire State to show them the sunset and they absolutely loved it!
Heyyyyy Flat Iron! Not seen you yet!
[img]"https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4670/40105333702_1c7bec718b_c.jpg[/img]
Hoping this panorama posts OK.....
I spy with my little eye......
Coming up to the finale of the sunset.....
I mean, that was just something else. To be in New York and see that sunset from one of the most famous buildings in the world was so special. I was absolutely bloody freezing standing outside but I didn't want to go inside and miss anything!
Anyway, there's not much from the evening...... we went to Avenue Q which was amazing and then started here.......
And I can't really show much more of that night in fear of getting suspended for breaching numerous rules.......
