New York City

Being back in the Big Apple after 6 years has us falling in love with New York all over again. We tried to see different sights so have been to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, took a ferry down the East River to Dumbo to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge. On Saturday morning the traffic was unusually quiet outside our hotel, and we discovered that Lexington Avenue had been closed off for about 6 blocks for a street market - right outside our hotel, so a-marketing we went. Sunday a novel ride on the Roosevelt Island Aerial Tramway (the Island in East River once housed a penitentiary and asylum) was followed by a stroll around the Rockefeller Centre, Radio City, New York Public Library, Times Square, Chrysler Building foyer and Grand Central Station. We then ran into the Pride Parade down Fifth Avenue, so detoured back to our hotel in Lexington Avenue. The Book of Mormon was our Broadway show choice that night. What a hoot, it poked fun irreverently at so much. On our final day here we walked the Highline, created on an elevated section of a disused freight railroad spur which has been restored as a green zone. We walked the length (2.33km) from 34th Street through the Meatpacking district to 15th Street, ending in Chelsea so we enjoyed lunch at the Chelsea Market.