Tag: New York City
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Sunday 25 November 2012 Highlights: Bus ride to New York City, Times Square Another good breakfast a the grand Capital Hilton and mum and myself took off to walk the 2.8 km to the Washington Deluxe Bus departure location at DuPont Circle. After a short distance we worked out it was better for me to…
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Friday 4 December 2009 Highlights: Last minute Brazilian Visa Success! We got up late (8.50 am) and headed down for breakfast which was packed with people. After breakfast I went for a short walk to get my steps up while Andrew caught up with his e-mail.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Sunday 29 November 2009 Highlights: Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, New York Hotdog, Madame Tussaud’s, NBA Game at Madison Square Garden (New York Knicks Vs Orlando Magic ) A crazy busy day as we really got into the swing of travelling saw us head out to the former World Trade Centre site which was mostly…
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Saturday 28 November 2009 Highlights: Cruise around Manhattan, Empire State Building, Attending Hair – The Musical Our first full day in New York City after 7 years of planning! First on the agenda was a cruise around Manhattan using our 3 day NYC Tourist Pass). We walked to the docks early in the…
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Friday 27 November 2009 Highlights: Free upgrades to Premium Economy, QANTAS First Class Lounge Well after some issues over the Brazilian Visa which I think can be settled in New York City the trip 7 years in the planning has commenced. On getting to the airport we quickly learned that Andrew and I had…
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Sunday 2 January 2000 Highlights: Leaving the amazing New York City (sob) We were moved into a private room for our last night in New York hoping for some rest from the larger comings and goings of the bunk rooms but unfortunately we were across from the TV room so that didn’t turn out as…
