Nathan's Insights

Thursday 3 December 2009
Highlights: Brooklyn Bridge, St Paul’s Chapel, National Museum of the American Indian, New York Cinema experience

We caught a train to Brooklyn in order to walk back to Manhattan over the famous Brooklyn Bridge.   We actually got the idea from Sex and the City Movie (embarrassing I know) but the views were fantastic and we picked a great clear day to do this.   We watched a youth group holding onto each other blindfolded in what I assume was a trust exercise.

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Wednesday 2 December 2009
Highlights: Exploring Central Park, ‘Avenue Q’ Show

Today was fairly relaxed, well it was after we found the answer to the question how many Aussies does it take to turn on  a shower, well we still don’t know the answer other than one American hotel staff member.

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Tuesday 1 December 2009
Highlights: Ripley’s Believe it or Not!, ‘Chicago‘ Broadway Show

Having made the decision to stay in NYC and wait for our Brazil visas I stayed up last night making the necessary changes. At around 1 pm I woke suddenly, check out was noon and we were late.   Well it kicked us into high gear and 30 minutes later had checked out and we didn’t forget anything.

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Monday 30 November 2009
Highlights: Central Park, Central Park Zoo, Museum of Modern Art, The Sex Museum, NHL ice hockey match

Today was very big, busy and important.  We started with a visit to the Brazilian Embassy hoping to get our visas immediately or by tomorrow so our later tour can go ahead.  In the end they could even promise Thursday but Friday should be okay.   This puts a potential problem for the South American tour but that is a concern for tomorrow.

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