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New York - Day 8
Day 8 was an incredibly hot (33c 93f) with over 80%
humidity! Mike was not at happy boy! Even at 8:30am as we chugged on huge and
tasty Jumba Juices’ Mike of course still had to push my ever increasing arse
around - my boy was struggling.
At 9, most of 5th Avenue was still closed
but we wandered into Trump Towers where there was a coffee stall. What can I
say about the infamous Towers? Built by Millionaire Donald Trump... well it is
exactly what I expected; pink marble floor to ceiling, gold fixtures, fittings
and elevators and the foyer was a Trump trading room where you can buy all of
Mr Trumps books, clothing range and even Trump Champagne - class all the way
;).
We were booked in to go on a NBC studio tour, on the
way we saw The Today Show being filmed (UK This is the equivalent of This
Morning in the US) outside the Rockerfella Centre.
It was September 11th so the show, among
many, were remembering the events of that fateful day 12 years ago. As we walked
around the city we saw many churches holding special services in memory of the
fallen and even many of the shops cleared windows to place tributes too.
NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is where
Saturday Night Live (SNL) and the Jimmy Fallon Show are filmed, but it has also
been the home network for shows like F.R.I.E.N.D.S, The Voice & Ironside.
Our two tour guide’s Ariel and Carmen were warm,
welcoming and as all tour guides are in New York - bloomin’ happy! We went into
the SNL studio where the girls asked who wanted tickets to the show... and then
shot us down by telling us there was a 3 year waiting list!
From one tour to another we walked to Radio CityHall where we met Joyce and Emily our next hosts. Radio City is another
Rockerfeller marvel built in the Great Depression as was the Rockerfella Centre. Known as the “American People’s Palace” it’s a huge 12 acre plot that
over 3 million people come to see it every year.
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| Radio City Hall Foyer |
Radio City Hall is beautiful, a real place of
opulence and old school glamour, even the restrooms are decked out in original
art deco furniture! Unfortunately we were not allowed to take any photos of the
magnificent auditorium, which, at the time of our visit, was being set up to
house America’s Got Talent for the series final. It is truly one of the most
glorious theatres I’ve ever seen. Before we left we had an intimate Q and A
with a world famous Rockette and had our photo’s taken with her too!
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| Art Deco Loos! |
From Radio City we went to Central Park! We stopped
in a little cafe’ for lunch then started to have a wander but It. Is. Huge! 778
Acre’s of huge! You can see why New Yorkers and tourists love the city haven it
has become!
We found the Belvedere Castle and the Carousel but
the heat was so intense we decided to take refuge in The Metropolitan Museum ofArt (The Met). As you all know by now I’m a history geek so I loved it! We had
three hours at the Met but this was nowhere near long enough, you could plan a
whole day dedicated to the astonishing collections, and we’ve agreed that when
we return to the Big Apple we’ll do just that!
We returned to Central Park where we found the
famous boathouse, (featured in the movie 27 Dresses) on such a sunny day it was
picturesque but all the boat’s were being put been put away for the day - muchos sadness
as I was desperate to have my own chick flick rom com moment, Michael rowing me
around lake, me parasol in hand - pure cheese!
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| The Central Park Boat House |
Sadly as we came upon the Central Park Mall as
beautiful as it was, the evening was drawing in there were gangs of teenagers
and groups homeless people hanging around. I suppose this is something that
happens every day in every major city in the world but it was a tad unnerving,
especially when police cars started patrolling the length of the Mall up, down
and back again.
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| The Mall |
After all the walking Mike was hot, and very hungry
so we stopped at the Brooklyn Diner - an obvious favourite with the rich and
famous with hundreds of golden plaques etched with their names dotted around
the place. I enjoyed my first Lobster Roll whist Mike went for Mojito flavoured
chicken - both amazing and a scrumptious end to another fabulous day in New
York.
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| Lobster Roll - Amazeballs! |
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