Tag: USA

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…