Last day in NYC

Our last day came so quickly. We had such a ball it flew in. Today we went out for lunch at Cafe 28 as recommended by Jen and Dermy. Class place. We headed uptown a little and stopped off at Tiffanys for a few snaps. We kind of happened across FAO Schwartz, the toystore from the classic Tom Hanks film Big. Lucky accident. It was incredible. We've plenty of photos of us carrying on and eating icecream in the stores diner and even a couple videos of two employees playing the giant floor piano! Hope you enjoy daddy! (Chris). We picked up a couple of balloons and strolled up through Central Park again for photos at Bow Bridge (now known as Spiderman bridge!). Had a last drink with Cahir at the boat club, said our goodbyes and had to dash off to pick up our laundry. And here we are pretty much up to date.

Thanks for a class few days Cahir, we'll not forget them easily. I gots them socks!


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Day four: top of the rock and more Manhattan

Took a ride to the top of the Rockafeller Centre as recommended by Dave's cousin Laura. The views were spectacular as you'll see from the photos. Visited St Patricks Cathedral and New York Public Library (from Ghostbusters!) and went to the cinema again that evening. Saw Spiderman again. Pics below as always.

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Day Three: History and booze

Day three we took the ferry to Ellis Island, beautiful ride, lovely views of Manhattan and The Statue of Liberty and the museum on the island was fascinating.

That afternoon we watched the United Chelsea match in Greenwich Village, got a little tipsy and mucked around on the subway on the way home. Pictures below:

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Arcade Fire

Went to see Arcade Fire at the United Palace Theatre. Weird, unique venue, like an old eastern chapel or something. Fantastic show. Photos are below and a couple of videos taken on Chris' camera too!

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Day one in the big apple

We left out hostel in Philly fairly early in the morning, taking a few photos for posterity. Chris had to part with her Maryln Monroe book due to a major clearout we had the previous night to lighten the loads on our backs.

There's a couple of photos of us coming into New York on the [insert bridge name here] bridge from New Jersey. Excitement levels were flying. We landed in Chinatown, cause we got a cheap Chinese run bus and were met in a nearby park by the distinguished Mssr Cahir McDaid. Gentleman he is he gave us a hand with the baggage and the three of us put our heads together and managed to navigate the New York Subway almost without fault. Dropped the bags up at our surprisingly excellent hostel, nice area, clean, friendly staff and decent wee room.

Next few hours we chilled out in Central Park, oops just realised day one and two's photos are kind of lumped into one album. Never mind, check it out here:

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The pictures you may notice of us stuffing our faces are taken at Virgils restaurant on 44th Street recommended by Cahirs sister. We got an obsecene amount of food, all barbecued to perferction American style. Kinda crapped ourselves when we saw the bill but it was fine when you get past the initial shock of seeing it in dollars. Afterwards we went to a comedy show at the Laugh Factory. Bought the tickets off a guy in Time Square. We didn't know what we'd gotten ourselves in for when we saw the place, kinda of empty but it filled up a fair bit. Also the first act was dreadful but it really picked up and it was excellent in the end.

Alright, going on a bit here. We have to get up early tomorrow to catch a bus to Niagara Falls so the pace of the next posts will be brisker...

We're back!

We've been forced to neglect the blog and our photos lately because we couldn't get a decent, free wifi connection. We waited until our last night in NYC and paid the $10 to use our hostels connection. There's gonna be a few posts now and plenty of pictures and a few videos! so we hope you enjoy.

Big Philly Style

Posting these pictures 2 days late cause we didn't have wifi access at our hostel, it was tough! Philly was beautiful, younger and funkier than DC. The weather was nice and the people were friendly. We made it up to the Rocky steps on the 1st day. Transport here is confusing but we cracked it by accident. There were 4 weddings at the museum, no funerals though. Went to a Belgian bar and drank some strong beers then chilled out in the independence park nearby and gurned our faces off. Here's a link to the pictures for these days.

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Second day in Philadelphia we went into town early, having mastered the subway. Had a Philly steak, a few beers and saw some of the historic buildings. There just happened to be a gay pride and dog parade right beside our hostel. So many doggies it was insane. There were some miserable protesters too up by a local church trying to spoil the fun. Some had black suits and red arm bands on, an odd choice of atire but pretty telling of their outlook on life.

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And a final note to celebrate Uniteds triumph in the league cause of Chelsea failing to win against Arsenal. Great season especially cause I was so pessimistic at the start. Best team in England again, cup competitions aren't proof of that kind of class.