Start spreading the news - I’m leaving today- I’ve been a part of it !

could there be a more a romantic way to spend it !?!

My final day in NYC…

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (this means coffee, croissant and window shopping) like in the flick, followed by a carriage ride eating warm pretzels through Central Park, including a stop for ice skating (still no good and still hang on to the sides) and hot chocolate. Amazing early dinner at the Plaza, (imagine Selfridges and Harrods combined but on a much smaller, more intimate scale) show on Broadway (Warhorse), and to finish off a midnight visit to the top of the Empire State....

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of - one hand in the air!

What can I say …  everyone has either been here, read about it, seen it on TV, knows all the stories …  so rather than waffle … I’ll keep the blog brief and share some pics instead … (half way down)

Now I have visited NYC before albeit a very brief trip (even briefer than this one), the things that surprised me this time were:-

A – this is the busiest month of the year for (Manhattan) NY, relatives come in, tourists come in, December holly time, and December bonus means there is a whole lotta’ folk in Manhattan.  Yet London (especially around Oxford Street / Harrods etc ..) this time of year feels far more crowded.  Which is also surprising given Manhattan is only 12 miles long x 2 miles wide.

B – I saw two shows on Broadway ..  despite ‘broadway’ running almost the full 12 mile length, with almost 40 theatres, only 3 of these are considered ‘broadway’. The rest of the official ‘broadway theatres’ are off broadway, and just meet the right criteria to be classified, (never new that till now)....