New York - July 2009

We arrived in NYC and discovered taxis only take 4 people so had to take 2 taxis everywhere! NYC was very much more built up than Washington and we were all in awe of the huge tall buildings, straight streets and lots and lots of very busy people. We went straight into Central Park and out to dinner - getting around was very easy and we walked around alot. We visited Rockefeller centre so we could see the Empire State building (much shorter queues than going to Empire State building), Times Square, the USS Intrepid museum, Wall St and the Stock exchange, FAO Schwartz, The Apple Store, Ground Zero and rode the subway downtown and uptown - and had a power cut whilst on the tube. The Peninsula hotel was a great location and served our needs perfectly. The highlight was definitely the helicopter tour on a perfect evening - flying around the Statue of Liberty (much smaller than we all thought!) and over downtown and Central Park. Overall we all liked Washington better than NYC but NYC is probably best done with no kids - to sample the bars and restaurants a bit more than we did in the 4 days we were there!!!