Ok, so that last time I posted in my Cities I like series was 4th December, so this post is a little overdue…
Recap… my favourite cities so far have been,
- Adelaide, South Australia,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Vancouver, British Columbia, and
- Seattle, Washington…
Going from one side of the USA to the other, to New York City.
New York City, not the capital of NY state as many assume, is the most populated city in the USA, and beleive me when you are walking the wrong way through Times Square at about 5.30 you meet plenty of the New Yorkers heading home.
NYC is simply amazing, it’s a busy bustling and there is so much to do and see in Manhattan alone, and I only got to scratch the surface of it during my 5 days there.
As with any city, one of my favourite things to do is simply to walk around the city, and soak up the atmosphere of the place. To a certain extent I did that in NYC, but it is just such a vast city, I couldn’t just walk around. I’ll be honest, i did a lot of the touristy stuff that NYC has to offer. Some of my highlights of my few days would be,
Cycling around Central Park, its massive and took us all afternoon.
Walking across Brooklyn Bridge.
B & H Photo Camera Store, quite possibly the best camera shop I have ever been to.
Standing in the lobby of the Minskoff Theater looking out at Times Square all lit up ( and meeting Rob Thomas there)
Shake Shack in Madison Square Park, any food establishment that has a queue 100 people deep 20 minutes before it opens has to be good.
Watching the NY Mets play
Not sure its a highlight, but buying my fiancée an engagement ring from Tiffany’s was a pretty big deal…
I loved NYC so much, and I definately plan to go back some day and do lots of the stuff that I didn’t get to do, like go to Coney Island…
I haven’t spent any significant time in NY, but I have grown to loathe it due to Hollywood’s presumption that everything takes place either in New York or LA. I roll my eyes every time I go to the movies and there’s a Manhattan establishing shot.