Following on with our bonus week in the tiny, scorching island of Mykonos. We’re off to the island’s most famous claim to fame – The Shirley Valentine beach. The beach and restaurant made famous by the 1980s films is actually located at Agios Ioannis. This is a tiny beach town about a 15 minute driveContinue reading “Shirley Valentine”
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Mini Mykonos
From the big city buzz of NYC our next trip couldn’t be more different – to the tiny Greek island of Mykonos. We grabbed a week long package holiday in July to celebrate my birthday (and honeymoon mark 2!) The reality is that New York was so expensive to eat out in that we justContinue reading “Mini Mykonos”
Long Island City
On our last night in NYC we hop across the water to Long Island City and Gantry Plaza State Park. You can get more epic views back towards Manhattan from this popular spot. As the sun sets on our last ever night in New York I realise just how much I have come to loveContinue reading “Long Island City”
Lady liberty
We’re nearing the end of our epic honeymoon – and first ever visit to the good old US of A. And we’ve saved the most iconic of all the sights till the last day – the Statue of Liberty. We booked our tickets online before we headed out to New York and it’s a goodContinue reading “Lady liberty”
Coney colour
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”
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”
Empire State of mind
Finally, the time has come, to visit the most iconic, of all NYC icons – The Empire State Building!! We’re going up not once but twice, as our City Pass allows for two visits on the same day. So we’ll see the Big Apple from above in the daylight and again at night too. TheContinue reading “Empire State of mind”
Times Square by night
Suckers for punishment that we are we decide to make a second pilgrimage to the tourist trap that is Times Square. But this time at night to check out the ads in all their glorious, eye wateringly neon glory. If the place was bad by day you could multiple the crowds, noise and frustration byContinue reading “Times Square by night”
Central Park
When you think of New York, one of the most well known places is Central Park. Appearing in countless films, TV shows and music videos, it’s the quintessential icon of New Yorker’s leisure time. Central Park is the fifth-largest park in New York City, covering 843 acres and was established in 1857. It has nearly 50Continue reading “Central Park”