Weekend in New York

Off I set for New York with my sister and parents for their first trip outside of Europe. I couldn't wait for them to experience New York, I was lucky enough to have been 8 years previously. After a good flight, we jumped in a taxi from the airport to take us to our hotel. The trip into Manhattan was fantastic - firstly we experienced the amazing New York skyline and before we knew it we were in the centre of Manhattan surrounded by sky scrapers, yellow cabs and the most buzzing city I have ever been to.

We started our first evening with a trip up the Empire State Building so we could get our bearings of the city; I would definitely recommend doing this at dusk as the views were amazing. The next morning we were awake by 5am, full of excitement and wishing Macy's was open! There was a lot of rain on our first full day so we decided we would spend the day shopping. We headed to Century 21, a must for the bargain hunter, we also visited ground zero to pay our respects. I found this a really emotional part of the trip as I had stood up the top of the twin towers on my previous visit to New York. We then headed up to Times Square where we were overwhelmed by the lights and energy. We had reserved a table at the View restaurant that evening for dinner; this is a revolving restaurant in the Marriott Marquis hotel on Times Square. We had the most amazing evening overlooking Manhattan & probably one of the best meals I have ever had! Luckily the following morning the sun was shining so we headed down to lower Manhattan, where we walked through Little Italy, China town & the financial district. It is great to see how each district is so different form the last. We also had a look in Tiffany's and enjoyed a boat tour to Liberty Island. We finished our afternoon by heading back up to Central Park and taking a horse drawn carriage ride. This was a great thing to do on a Sunny Sunday afternoon as it was full of New Yorkers roller blading, cycling, playing chess and volleyball.

For our last day we headed to Grand Central station, the Chrysler building followed by a tour of Madison Square Gardens and lastly we found a great restaurant to have a slice of New York cheesecake! Perfect!