French this time to keep our affiliation to Europe alive.
New York, it really is a wonderful town.
The court of Smithington packed its bags and decamped to the east coast of central america to experience the celebration of Jesus' birthday American style (not to be confused with the ubiquitious gangnam style which is in fact Korean and we would then be starting by saying .. 계절 축제 인사말 친구와 모든 것을 재미 버스의 추종자)
Anyway .. After consulting with a representative of the equally ubiquitous Mr Branson (Knight of the realm), plans were made, bookings paid for and excitement permeated the Smith household. The first born has ventured to NYC twice before - once in the company of the beautiful one, which meant that the male heir and myself were in fact Big Apple virgins. With both of us having a not insignificant fear of heights I am sure you will understand our mounting trepidation as the girls teased us incessantly about scaling the Empire State Building.
Having never spent Christmas with just the four of us, this was a major thing and I'll cut to chase and state upfront - we had a blast! Too much food, lots of laughs, some disagreements and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Lots to tell.
Mikey and I are proud to announce that we made it to the top of the Empire State Building and stood outside .. But we are not doing it again.
Grand Central Station is truly aptly named and the Oyster restaurant is rather splendid.
Bloomingdales is undoubtably the American Harrods
Macy's is the biggest store in the world
Audrey Hepburn was right - there is no place like Tiffanys
Ground Zero is very sobering and thought provoking
Hurricane Sandy closed the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island but both are good to look at
Wall Street is rather understated but the bronze bull is impressive
China town is definitely appropriately named and somewhat inscrutable to the visitor
Katz diner where Sally impressed Harry is rather shabby however one block down is a rather smarter one selling fabulous pie
Central Park is larger than expected and another trip is required to see it in all its glory
Strawberry Fields does exist and is rather quaint and pleasingly under commercialised
The Roosevelt Hotel does good cocktails and morning coffee
Burgers really are better and bigger than over here
The Rockefeller centre does the absolute best steaks in the Northern hemisphere especially for Christmas dinner
Ellen's Stardust diner is the best experience at mealtime ever - check it out!
M & M store in Time Square is the busiest and most claustrophobic ever!
Jersey Boys on Broadway is fabulous - O what a night!!
McDonalds breakfast is equally nauseous in America as in England
Dogfish Head and Samual Adams are worthy ales to sample and bourbon tastes even better over there.
Everyone should visit Times Square at least once in their lifetime
Yellow cab drivers don't talk much and a Lincoln limousine makes saying goodbye to the city that never sleeps rather poignant.
So here are some pics ...
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| Grand Central Station |
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| Ellen's Stardust Diner |
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| Wall Street Bull |
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| George Washington at Liberty Hall |
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| Small bit of China town |
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| An Englishman in New York! |
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