We woke up for our final day in New York and were confronted with the biting arctic wind that welcomed us to the Big Apple last Tuesday.We packed, had breakfast and checked our bags so as we could head to Times Square one last time and do some shopping.I spent an hour and a half at the main post office sending a package home and encountering some pushy New Yorkers who didn't like having to wait in line!Then we bought some souvenirs, went to M & M World and at...

Today we managed to get up and make it to breakfast, only because we set the alarm and had to be at the Rockefeller Centre for a 10:45 am tour. We got there really early so we went for a short walk down 5th Ave. While we were waiting for the tour to start a guy came up and asked us to do a video for the Today Show we said yes and I went first.While I was doing it Rene read the script and chickened out when he saw he had to dance.After the video we started our tou...

The day had finally arrived, the day that this whole trip was planned around and to add to the magic of the day it was snowing. We woke up late again (lucky we're not doing contiki we would have been left behind by now), which meant that we missed breakfast at the hotel, so we headed for the Brooklyn Diner to have a big breakfast as we didn't know when we would eat or drink again.After Rene failed at his attempt to eat 3 pancakes (he did it last time he must be g...

We managed to get up early today and make it to breakfast, Then we headed down to Battery Park by Subway to catch the ferry to the Statue of Liberty. It was a perfect day to be down by the river ( no wind and blue sky) and our crown tickets gave us priority which allowed us to skip the one and a half hour wait in line. When we got off the ferry we went to the information centre as instructed expecting to line up and be put in a group to climb the crown but we w...

Today we had a bit of a sleep in because we got in so late and if we had of known how cold it was outside I think we would of stayed in bed. Neither of us have experienced cold like it even the NYPD were saying how cold it was.We found out later that because of the wind it felt like it was -9 out there. To make matters worse we had to walk right into the wind to get to our helicopter ride down on the Hudson River.We took a 20 min ride around the whole island and ...