DAY 34: HEADING HOME!!! Well I guess all good things must come to an end. We still fitted in some last minute sightseeing by making full use of our late checkout before closing the book on this holiday. Nic spent the morning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - not really Joshua's and my cup of tea, so we returned to the winter wonderland across the street for more snow fights. With the confidence of his experience at Rockefeller behind him, Josh also had anothe...

DAY 33: SNOW DAY IN NYC! Snow, snow and more snow - that's what we woke up to in New York this morning. The mayor pretty much shut the city down overnight as the blizzard passed over Manhattan. The city streets were eerily quiet until the roads and subway system were reopened mid-morning. With the weather improving we decided to make the most of the last full day of our holiday. We returned to Rockefeller Plaza where Nic and Josh hit the famous ice skating rin...

DAY 32: "OH, THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL..." Well our plans to cross the bridge and explore Brooklyn today kinda fell through. We rose early to jump on the 'A' train down to Fulton St, near the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge. The snow was already falling and combined with the wind gusts, it didn't take us long to realise we wouldn't be making the trek across the river. But given how close we were to the iconic landmark, I wasn't going to let a litt...

DAY 31: MIDTOWN NYC Today was all about midtown. We jumped on the subway to our first stop, the Flatiron Building - or as Josh refers to it, the Daily Bugle where Peter Parker works in the Spider-Man movie. From there we made our way up Fifth Ave to the Empire State Building. It was clear skies and sunny today, which meant the views from 86 floors up were superb (not to say though it didn't get very chilly when the winds picked up!). Times Square was next on t...

DAY 30: WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND! After the big day yesterday, it was no surprise we slept in a little this morning. However when Josh eventually did rise, he was thrilled with what he saw outside our window. Snow - and lots of it! As forecast, about a foot of snow was dumped on New York overnight and as a result, Central Park across the street was transformed into a picturesque winter wonderland. It was just like one large white blanket wherever you loo...