Arrived in New York yesterday and our hostel is in the Upper West Side near Broadway and 101st Street West. Couldn't check in until 3pm so put our luggage in a locker and went wandering. Ended up at the Museum - the one that was in 'Night at the Museum'. It is spectacular. Our grand hotel room is exactly that ... a room, a bed, a sink. We also have a room with a view, which is great until you decide you want to sleep - we are in the city that never sleeps including cabbies that like horns (there is a threatening $350 fine for honking horns, but no-one gets fined so everybody keeps doing it) and a heating system that sounds like a jackhammer is hitting the pipes in your room. Down the hall we are also blessed with 2 bathrooms with showers that don't work. Its all part of the experience!We were up early today, and headed off to Times Square to see if we could get a tour of sorts. We ended up with a 48hr voucher for $50 each to get on/off all the tours in downtown, uptown, brooklyn, + cruise around liberty. Did the downtown tour thismorning which was great, then wandered around broadway looking at all the shows that are on at the moment - Wicked, Greese, Jersey Boys, Shek, Legally Blonde, Chicago, the list goes on. 2 hours before any show they have cheaps tickets on sale. With it being Pete's birthday and him loving the music of the 60's we had to go for Jersey Boys and we ended up getting 'standing' tickets for $27 each for the matinee. It was fantastic - story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
Pete's just come back from having a run around the park, and we'll catch the subway downtown to see the city at night.
Bec
