new york day 6

Weather has been really good, no rain always sunny and hot, locals say we have been really lucky.
So the last two days we've been busy. We caught the blue train into the Chelsea District, got off and walked to 24 to walk the High Line. It is an above ground raised train line, this line was used to bring cows to the slaughter houses and flour to Nabisco along with turkeys and some produce. This was built in the 30's and ran up until 1980. After the 80's it sat rusting away until a group got it and turned it into a walkway, It wil be ten blocks long in june when the open the second section. A really wonderful walk and a great view of that particular part of the city.

We then caught the blue train down to Times Square, wondered over to the Empire State Building and bought tickets to go on the sky ride and then an elevator ride to the 86th floor. After we got our tickets we headed to a ticket box office( stubhub) and bought tickets to a Yankees ball game. Went back home and change to some warmr cloths and headed to the game. The ride to the game took three trains, let me tell you the underground world of New York is just as big and amazing as the City itself.

Well Yankee Stadium is everthing it is billed as, big, amazing and well run. We had tickets on the third base line, 12 rows up. Yankee fans are more fanatic then hockey fans and the are absolutey ruthless when it comes to the players not playing well. I mean crazy like.....

The Empire State building tour was impressive to say the least. We went on the sky ride, it is a imax stationary roller coaster that moves with a helicopter flight filming the city, if you get motion sickness, I would suggest not going on it. View and pictures from the top were amazing, it is a crazy huge city when you look at it from that high up, lots of green space on the roofs of many of the high rises.

We also attended a tattoo convention before going to a Broadway play. Saw some crazy shit at the convention, and some really wild tattoo's, oh ya Linda got a tatty. The Broadway play show cased Robin Williams in Bengal Tiger, a zoo in Bagdad. What an intense play it was about a tiger, the war, and soldiers in Baghdad and they all ended up dead through out the play and were transformed into ghost. Really moving stuff.

Well thats it for today, Will post some more later tonight.

new york day 4

Today is day 4 but my better 1/2 has been too busy checking out this great City that he hasn't the time to update....ya ya, you know how it is to be on vacation... Well we've been doing most on foot or by subway (an incredible world in itself!) Went to WTC and took in all the new construction, totally stunds you to try and imagine the panic and fear these peole must still deal with.
I bought Mick and I an apple from street vendor so we had "an apple in the big apple." We loved Chelsa Market, Hogs 'n Heffers and Times Square...WOW, We both have sore necks from gawking. Went for Guinness just to recoup. Every pub has it on tap so I am loving it!
Yesterday was Coney Island, Mick had his feet in the ocean, it was such a warm day, people fishing, movie being filmed, boardwalk full of interesting characters and garbage cans every 10 feet. No wonder everything is so clean... Had a beer and sat beside a couple Sopranos... trying not to laugh too loud at them, but they were entertaining. We had a hotdog with all the fixin's, then were off to walk...Manhattan Bridge east and back on the Brooklyn. Something I always wanted to do! Checked out Canal Street shopping (won't go into detail, but so much fun). We ate supper in Chinatown and then took subway back up to 79th. Stopped in for a nightcap before taking our tired, tourist bodies back to our bed.

new york trip

Well we took the red eye to get here, arrived a 7 in the morning, couldn't check in till 3 so we wondered around town. Hung out at central park a bit, really nice not at all like the movies, even had a nap in the park and no one robbed us. Hotel (Park 79) is really nice the room is small but hey all were doing is sleeping here. Ok I know we napped in the park but we didn't have our room. We ended up at a sports bar called Blondies, just down the street from the hotel, watched the game, ya canucks. Sometimes you shouldn't yell at the tv if your in a different country. We meet alot of friendly people and got some good advice on where to go.

Tomorrow is another day we will take a camera and then add photos. Truly it is a beautiful city.