Today is the final day in the big city :( Packed up and stored our luggage at the hotel and headed out to see Grand Central Station, the NYC Library building and spend our last few hours shopping. Went to Bloomingdales - very expensive! Thought it was more like Macy's....but it is all high end designers. This was the hottest day so far, so we always picked a sidewalk in the shade as we wandered around. So glad it was cooler during our stay - on average about 25 ...

Nice surprise this morning! 8th Avenue is blocked off for a flea market - now we know what we will do between tours! Lots of neat little vendors selling jewelery, touristy stuff, purses, scarves....etc. We wandered down the street towards Central Park to catch the Green Bus to take the Harlem tour. Much to our dismay, the first tour guide with a very heavy accent was our tour guide again. We could understand about every 3rd word he said. We decided to hop off to ...

Decided to try something different for breakfast. Went to the famous Ellen's Stardust Diner where aspiring Aspiring actors and singers wait tables while singing Broadway tunes! I would put this on the recommended list for anyone planning to go to NYC - it was very cool! Now, it's time for some serious shopping at Macy's - our first stop of the day. We spent a few hours navigating this mammoth of a store, which is an entire city block! Many of the escalators are ...

Got up earlier today and beat the breakfast rush! Headed out to take the bus to the boat tour. It rained over night, so the bus seats were wet. We didn't notice until it was too late that the moisture and pollution made for VERY dirty seats. Me and Dar were wearing white....ugghh - our asses were both pretty black. Oxyclean might not even work :( Surprised that the bus company didn't clean the seats before we got on. Our hands were so black after trying to wipe o...

Learned a lesson about breakfast at the hotel - if you go between 9 and 10 be prepared to wait in a very long line! Plan to get our butts down to breakfast earlier so we can get access to the toaster. Decided to be tourists today, so spent the morning on the Hop On Hop Off bus. Horrible tour guide....couldn't understand a word he said! It was good to drive around the city and get an idea of the different areas to figure out where we want to spend more time. Wen...