Yesterday we went down to the gym and did a little workout so we didn't feel guilty when we went back to Russ and Daughters again! More yummy salmon and bagels and good coffee down the road. After brunch we took the subway to the manhattan side of the Brooklyn bridge and walked across to Brooklyn. We stopped for pizza at the famous Grimaldis pizza and then wandered the streets of Brooklyn and Williamsburg which were fairly deserted probably because it was a Mo...

Wowsers more great food I'm stuffed as a thanksgiving turkey! Today we thought it was about time we went for another run so we did our circuit of part of central park, then got ready and headed down to Madison Square Garden for the Rangers NHL game. We managed to get really great seats thanks to our hotel concierge who had some good broker connections. We chowed down on hot dog, popcorn and beer while we watched a really exciting game between close rivals New ...

I don't think I ever want to leave New York, or at least not until I've eaten in every restaurant and shopped in every shop in the city. Yesterday we caught the subway to little Italy to Russ and Daughters where we had an awesome smoked salmon bagel and some full cured gravelox which was awesome. The deli was full of locals picking up their smoked fish and cream cheeses for the upcoming weekend. Next we wandered around Soho and Nolita and browsed shops, I boug...

Yep we are in NYC and it seems like last time we got the main tourist sites out of our system as today was all about finding that little place. We got up late for us which isn't hard when the bed is massive and plush and the curtains actually block out light. We walked it to Madison Square Garden to see if they had any tickets left for the rangers ice hockey game that we had been trying to get tix for and the box office had nothing but $300 tickets on their own...

Yep we are in New York New York and that's the view of Times Square from our hotel room tonight. We got up early this morning and took a cab to Union Station where we boarded an Amtrak train to New York City. The trip took 3 1/2 hours, there was wifi on board so we spent the trip marking off on a map all the places we want to eat and visit whilst in the big apple. We walked from Penn Station up to our hotel which is literally on Times Square and as we checked ...