New York - here we come!

Yes, that's right, we're back on the road (or the pavement, in this case)! This time it's a 5 day trip to New York City!

We landed at 5 PM (11 PM Swedish time) on Wednesday. Transfer was kind of slow but we finally made it to our hotel on Manhattan. After a great Bibim Bob at a restaurant in Korea town, we tucked in after having been awake for some 21 hours ...

After 8 hours of a good night sleep we got up bright and early and caught the morning Staten Island Ferry with all the commuters. The weather was perfect with blue sky and 25 degrees! With a big latte and a bagel we got a great view of the Statue of Liberty in the morning sun. A nice and romantic way to see the NY skyline!

After some planning of the day in Battery Park we walked our way through lower Manhattan and got to TKTS ticket booth 15 minutes before it opened, barely no queue! We got Broadway tickets to Hair for half-price!
After a quick detour to Century 21, a mall with discounted clothes, we saw the World Trade Center gallery right where the twin-towers used to be. A huge reality check! A breathtaking exibition, really!

An urge for food got us to a great Hummus restaurant in Greenwich village - The Hummus Place! The dishes were just superb! You just have to try it out! After this nice pit stop, we passed a local basketball court were the player were arguing more than playing ;) Although it felt very American.
We strolled through West village and saw some of the fancy stores, and when we reached DVF in Meatpacking district I just could not only look through the window. Fantastic dresses!
Next stop; Apple store! After some thinking we decided for an iPad and an iPod nano (for me), unfortunately the iPad was just sold out but we will try in another store.

The night started at an italian restaurant just by the theatre. 'Hair' started at eight and it was a happy hippie show with great singing and dancing! Amazing! Before taking the subway home we stopped by Times square where we were blown away by all neon lights and huge billboards.
An amazing day in sunny New York!

Jacob & Tina

------------------
Sent from my Android phone