Even though we turned our eyes westward for our honeymoon we can’t quite escape our love of all things Asian. So we’re heading to Chinatown for a snoot around. Manhattan’s Chinatown is home to the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere with an estimated population between 90,000 and 100,000 people and isContinue reading “Colourful Chinatown”
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Wealth and Wall Street
Our hotel is not far from the financial quarter including the infamous Wall Street. A worldwide symbol of money, stocks and shares. And thanks to cultural references and films such as the Bonfire of the Vanities, Wall Street’s hideous protagonist Gordon Gecko and the more recent Wolf of Wall Street, it has also come toContinue reading “Wealth and Wall Street”
The Staten Island ferry
Next iconic experience on the New York adventure – the Staten Island ferry! These super distinctive FREE orange ferries trundle their way from Whitehall in Manhattan to the St George terminal on Staten Island. The ferry, which runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, carries over 23 million passengers annually on a 5.2-mileContinue reading “The Staten Island ferry”
Transitions and forward momentum
Onwards with our whistlestop tour of New York’s most famous places. I get excited about the Madison Avenue sign before we spot an unusually attired New Yorker. We’re headed to Grand Central Station which opened to the public in February 1913. This historic world-famous landmark in Midtown Manhattan is not just a transportation hub, there’sContinue reading “Transitions and forward momentum”
Top of the Rock
Our first day in New York is a real tick list of iconic sights. We stop off to check out the famous Radio City onroute to Top of the Rock. Then we’re up the first of our high rise hotspots – the Top of the Rock and our first glimpse of Manhattan spread out likeContinue reading “Top of the Rock”
Tantalising Times Square
Hot on the tourist trail we’re heading towards one of the main visitor hot spots – Times Square. Once a seedy, run down and distinctly dodgy area, Times Square has reinvented itself as a glittering, flashy neon tourist magnet. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, the seediness of the area, especially due to itsContinue reading “Tantalising Times Square”
Hitting the High Line
First morning in New York, jet lag is well and truly kicking in so wide awake at 6am and we’re off to the High Line. The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated park, and was created on a former New York Central railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan. It runs from Gansevoort Street inContinue reading “Hitting the High Line”
New York New York
So after the wedding of the year, what better than the honeymoon!! Now as we’ve already done a fair bit of travelling, and seen some incredible sights, it was always going to be difficult to decide where to go on this particularly special trip. So we decided to take the plunge and explore uncharted waters,Continue reading “New York New York”
Wedding AKA cheap bride alert
Taking a very very brief respite from the world travels to document something a ‘little’ important to me – our WEDDING! Yeap after 11 and a half years the small furry one decided to make the best / worst decision of his life and ask me to be his wife. The proposal happened on FebContinue reading “Wedding AKA cheap bride alert”
River Spree cruise
Our final full day of Berlin sightseeing has to include a river cruise as we must always sit on a boat where ever we go. Before we head off though we indulge in our favourite German tradition – caffee und kuchen. Then it’s off to board our boat for a float along the River Spree.Continue reading “River Spree cruise”