New York City

To celebrate our second wedding anniversary we decided to head to New York. Armed with the Time Out guide, and the excellent books available from the hotel (we recommend the Frommers as it had the best maps and restaurant sections), we explored the city in manageable chunks.

One day we explored Fifth Avenue, Grand Central, Little Italy and Chinatown. The next we went up the Empire State Building and visited Times Square at night. The next day was our anniversary and we spent the day around Battery Park, Ground Zero and taking a trip on the Staten Island Ferry before going out for a wonderful meal. On Wednesday it rained - the tail end of hurricane Frances hit town - and our Yankees game was cancelled, still we found a good restaurant to get over our disapointment in. Our last day saw us heading over to Central Park and taking a great walk before heading back off to Fifth Avenue for the last of the shopping. Our final evening we headed to the Hotel Metro and sat out on their (understated) roof terrace looking up at the Empire State building (one block away).

A great trip, and we've left ourselves things to do should we get a chance to go back (like visit the Guggenheim when it's open as well as many other museums and galleries).

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Flat Iron I
Flat Iron I		Flat Iron II
Flat Iron II		Flat Iron III
Flat Iron III		Night I
Night I
Night II
Night II		Radio City
Radio City		Atlas
Atlas		Grand Central I
Grand Central I
Inside Grand Central I
Inside Grand Central I		Inside Grand Central II
Inside Grand Central II		Inside Grand Central III
Inside Grand Central III		Inside Grand Central IV
Inside Grand Central IV
Reflections of Chrysler
Reflections of Chrysler		Chrysler I
Chrysler I		Chrysler II
Chrysler II		Empire State Building I
Empire State Building I
Empire State Building II
Empire State Building II		Empire State Building III
Empire State Building III		Empire State Building IV
Empire State Building IV		Empire State Building V
Empire State Building V
Empire State Building VI
Empire State Building VI		Empire State Building VII
Empire State Building VII		Taxis
Taxis		Empire State Building Bears
Empire State Building Bears
Us
Us		Empire State Building VIII
Empire State Building VIII		Times Square I
Times Square I		Times Square II
Times Square II
Times Square III
Times Square III		Times Square IV
Times Square IV		Times Square V
Times Square V		Toys R Us 1
Toys R Us 1
Toys R Us II
Toys R Us II		Battery Memorial I
Battery Memorial I		Battery Memorial II
Battery Memorial II		Merchant Marine Memorial
Merchant Marine Memorial
Statue of Liberty and ferries
Statue of Liberty and ferries		Outdoor chess
Outdoor chess		Ground Zero I
Ground Zero I		Ground Zero II
Ground Zero II
New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange		Manhattan
Manhattan		Statue of Liberty I
Statue of Liberty I		Statue of Liberty II
Statue of Liberty II
Statue of Liberty III
Statue of Liberty III		Meat Packing district I
Meat Packing district I		Meat Packing district II
Meat Packing district II		Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Cancelled
Cancelled		Guggenheim I
Guggenheim I		Guggenheim II
Guggenheim II		Guggenheim III
Guggenheim III
Jane in Central Park
Jane in Central Park		Ducks in Central Park
Ducks in Central Park		Turtles in Central Park I
Turtles in Central Park I		Turtles in Central Park II
Turtles in Central Park II
Belvedere Castle
Belvedere Castle		Central Park I
Central Park I		Central Park II
Central Park II		Bow Bridge
Bow Bridge
Fountain I
Fountain I		Fountain II
Fountain II		Amphitheatre
Amphitheatre		Amphitheatre - home of the homeless
Amphitheatre - home of the homeless

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