There’s so much to see at the colourful Coney Island that it warrants two posts! We take a wander around Luna Park the largest of the amusement parks, full of high octane, scream inducing, rides. Steeplechase Park was an amusement park created by George C. Tilyou which operated from 1897 to 1964. It was theContinue reading “Coney colour”
Monthly Archives: November 2018
Coney island
Our next iconic trip is to the home of cheesy Americana nostalgia – Coney Island!! I’ve grown up on US TV shows and films that reference this mythical seaside hot spot and it represents to me the golden heyday of technicolor America – and I am not disappointed! Coney Island is actually a series ofContinue reading “Coney island”
Empire at night
We get a double dose of the gorgeous Empire State Building as our city pass lets us enter twice in one day. So as night falls we headed back up this iconic slab of NYC real estate to see the Big Apple all lit up. The dazzling lights are spread beneath us like soContinue reading “Empire at night”