New York New York.....at Christmas Time!
It was 2008, My 40th birthday and I was a very lucky girl, as one of my dreams came true, I was given tickets by Hubby for a trip to the Big Apple, and to make it even more special it was at christmas time. (one advantage of having a December Birthday)
I was overwhelmed by the excitement, Our trip was for five days, four nights, which was the perfect amount of time. To start for our long flight we were lucky enough to upgrade to business class which was wonderful, so we stretched out and our adventure began.
When we arrived at JFK Airport, it was buzzing, so promptly found our iconic yellow cab, and started our journey to our lovely Hotel,The Bentley ,which was situated near the Queensborough_Bridge.
We wasted no time and once we had popped our luggage into our room we made our way to the bright lights of Time Square, Wow was I in for a shock, the buildings all seem so tall, when you glance upwards all you see are lights and buildings. we queued for our theatre tickets, and went to see our favourite show, Phantom of the Opera, it was beautiful, although we were sooooo tired, Im sure we both had a little snooze. Once out we made our way back to our hotel to get some much needed rest for the start of the following day.
Day two we got ready....
Just a little story of my holiday packing. Paul before we left said to me, look I've got you some thermals for our trip, well if you had seen my face! 'What?' I declared, I won't need them. MMMMM was I wrong, I was soooo grateful for them thermals , let me tell you, Cold, You havn't felt cold until your've experienced New York Cold, I'll have you know it was a mere -15, yes -15 my friends. so I definatly got use of them thermals.
We made our way to our first American Diner, which became our regular, we are creature of habits i'm afraid, does anyone else do this? once we find a place we like we do tend to stick with it. Well after a huge stack of pancakes and lots of Tea, well they do tea but seem a tad shocked when we have milk with it mmmmm strange.
We began the walk of Fifth Avenue , well I hear you say whats on Fifth Avenue?
Have you seen Breakfast At Tiffany's? One of my Favourite Classic Films. So I simply had to do An Audrey.....or Hollie Golightly and experience 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' It was a tick off my list for sure, Tiffany's in New York is simply outstanding, with its opulence and fairy lights, especially at christmas time. And of course I got into trouble, as always, its a 'thing' now, wherever we go we must take photos, well for some security reasons (if your casing the joint) you can't take photos at tiffany's, well this has never stopped me before, so with my little Blue tiffany bag in hand I ask Paul to flash away, but get rudely interrupted by a security guard. Never mind, I still got the piccy!
After an exhausting shopping day of Macy's and smaller stores, we made our way to a little restaurant down a side street, it was owned by an Italian, who was extremely friendly, It seems that once people hear your English accent they swarm to you. Although for some reason wherever we go people seem to struggle with my dulcit tone, maybe its the London/Essex thing? But anyway, this guy was lovely, telling us all about his family history and how he ended up in New York. And the food well, as like everywhere we discovered its not for the feint hearted, no diets here! everything seems to come with a side of Fries and its large or large.
Day Three...
The next day we were booked for a surprise Helicopter ride over the Hudson River to see the Statue_of_Liberty but the weather was not on our side, so it was unfortunately cancelled.
So we grabbed this time to go to The Empire State Building, Wow it's so amazing, firstly just twirling around the doors as you enter to see the beautiful Christmas tree greeting you, and then pop into the lift to journey upwards. Once arrived you walk out onto the terrace and........ Stunning!
The views from all aspects are simple breathtaking....as you can see it was really cold for us, but still you can see for miles across New York City.
oooh the concentration...
We were told to ring later for a weather update for the following day, so lots of praying later we rang to be told we were on, Yay! It was a bit scary gotta say, we popped on our headphones so we could hear the pilot, Paul we very excited, seeing as he's a bit of an Aviation geek. I was a bit apprehensive, And it was Very Loud! But well worth it the view was breathtaking and I think the best possible way to see Statue of Liberty.
Central Park .... well as you can see from the photos, it was snowing yet again, so we didn't get to see much of the park, we would of loved to walk around and see the Zoo, and walk around the gardens. But instead we saw the park from a Horse and carriage, snuggled together with a warm blanket, not a bad way to travel, it was certainly romantic and even though we missed out on walking around central park, it really was quite spectacular.
If your a geeky Friends fan like Moi, you will understand my excitement to walk past the store mentioned in a particular Friends episode, potterybarn 67th-and-broadway they say the silly things get us going, well it sure did, And for you Friends fans its another tick off the list!
Day Four...
On our final day we done our last shop visits, and of course one more visit to Macy's , where people actually queue to look at the Christmas window displays, its simply Magical.
So if you are planning a visit to The Big Apple anytime soon, would I suggest Christmas Time?
Oh Yeah definitely, Such a wonderful, Magical time of year, and so authentic with the Snow, and twinkling lights, beautiful Christmas tree and Ice skating at the Rockefeller centre,
of course the must visit to Tiffany's and maybe breakfast?
Hope you enjoyed my post any questions if New York is on your 'to go to' list please simply ask.
I was overwhelmed by the excitement, Our trip was for five days, four nights, which was the perfect amount of time. To start for our long flight we were lucky enough to upgrade to business class which was wonderful, so we stretched out and our adventure began.
When we arrived at JFK Airport, it was buzzing, so promptly found our iconic yellow cab, and started our journey to our lovely Hotel,The Bentley ,which was situated near the Queensborough_Bridge.
We wasted no time and once we had popped our luggage into our room we made our way to the bright lights of Time Square, Wow was I in for a shock, the buildings all seem so tall, when you glance upwards all you see are lights and buildings. we queued for our theatre tickets, and went to see our favourite show, Phantom of the Opera, it was beautiful, although we were sooooo tired, Im sure we both had a little snooze. Once out we made our way back to our hotel to get some much needed rest for the start of the following day.
Day two we got ready....
Just a little story of my holiday packing. Paul before we left said to me, look I've got you some thermals for our trip, well if you had seen my face! 'What?' I declared, I won't need them. MMMMM was I wrong, I was soooo grateful for them thermals , let me tell you, Cold, You havn't felt cold until your've experienced New York Cold, I'll have you know it was a mere -15, yes -15 my friends. so I definatly got use of them thermals.
We made our way to our first American Diner, which became our regular, we are creature of habits i'm afraid, does anyone else do this? once we find a place we like we do tend to stick with it. Well after a huge stack of pancakes and lots of Tea, well they do tea but seem a tad shocked when we have milk with it mmmmm strange.
We began the walk of Fifth Avenue , well I hear you say whats on Fifth Avenue?
Have you seen Breakfast At Tiffany's? One of my Favourite Classic Films. So I simply had to do An Audrey.....or Hollie Golightly and experience 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' It was a tick off my list for sure, Tiffany's in New York is simply outstanding, with its opulence and fairy lights, especially at christmas time. And of course I got into trouble, as always, its a 'thing' now, wherever we go we must take photos, well for some security reasons (if your casing the joint) you can't take photos at tiffany's, well this has never stopped me before, so with my little Blue tiffany bag in hand I ask Paul to flash away, but get rudely interrupted by a security guard. Never mind, I still got the piccy!
After an exhausting shopping day of Macy's and smaller stores, we made our way to a little restaurant down a side street, it was owned by an Italian, who was extremely friendly, It seems that once people hear your English accent they swarm to you. Although for some reason wherever we go people seem to struggle with my dulcit tone, maybe its the London/Essex thing? But anyway, this guy was lovely, telling us all about his family history and how he ended up in New York. And the food well, as like everywhere we discovered its not for the feint hearted, no diets here! everything seems to come with a side of Fries and its large or large.
Day Three...
The next day we were booked for a surprise Helicopter ride over the Hudson River to see the Statue_of_Liberty but the weather was not on our side, so it was unfortunately cancelled.
So we grabbed this time to go to The Empire State Building, Wow it's so amazing, firstly just twirling around the doors as you enter to see the beautiful Christmas tree greeting you, and then pop into the lift to journey upwards. Once arrived you walk out onto the terrace and........ Stunning!
The views from all aspects are simple breathtaking....as you can see it was really cold for us, but still you can see for miles across New York City.
We were told to ring later for a weather update for the following day, so lots of praying later we rang to be told we were on, Yay! It was a bit scary gotta say, we popped on our headphones so we could hear the pilot, Paul we very excited, seeing as he's a bit of an Aviation geek. I was a bit apprehensive, And it was Very Loud! But well worth it the view was breathtaking and I think the best possible way to see Statue of Liberty.
Central Park .... well as you can see from the photos, it was snowing yet again, so we didn't get to see much of the park, we would of loved to walk around and see the Zoo, and walk around the gardens. But instead we saw the park from a Horse and carriage, snuggled together with a warm blanket, not a bad way to travel, it was certainly romantic and even though we missed out on walking around central park, it really was quite spectacular.
If your a geeky Friends fan like Moi, you will understand my excitement to walk past the store mentioned in a particular Friends episode, potterybarn 67th-and-broadway they say the silly things get us going, well it sure did, And for you Friends fans its another tick off the list!
Day Four...
On our final day we done our last shop visits, and of course one more visit to Macy's , where people actually queue to look at the Christmas window displays, its simply Magical.
So if you are planning a visit to The Big Apple anytime soon, would I suggest Christmas Time?
Oh Yeah definitely, Such a wonderful, Magical time of year, and so authentic with the Snow, and twinkling lights, beautiful Christmas tree and Ice skating at the Rockefeller centre,
of course the must visit to Tiffany's and maybe breakfast?
Hope you enjoyed my post any questions if New York is on your 'to go to' list please simply ask.
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