We didn't manage to get up early this morning...again...and we had not thought to book ahead so by the time we got to the queue for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island we had to wait two and a half hours! But there was no way we could come to New York and not go to see them, so we did what the British do best and waited in line. Our quiet and orderly queue was briefly interrupted by a group of French guys who thought it was ok to push in. Unfortunately for the...

It is so great being with someone who lives in New York, it means that we are being taken to places that we wouldn't normally go. Our first stop today was Greenwich Village to have a taste of New Yorks best cupcakes and a Sicilian cake called a cannoli. Both of which of course are extremely sweet so we bounced down the street from all the early morning sugar. With our energy levels set to high we set off for the tenement museum. It is a group of flats that were ...

We arrived in New York last night by greyhound bus and it went smoothly until we arrived at Nicole's apartment building (My friend from IMG in London and our home for the week). In my sleepy and rushed state I had written the address down as Apt.B but when we arrived we saw that there was a 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B etc etc. We find a flat one the ground floor which has just B on the door so we think that maybe I was right to just write Apt.B....no. We wander around the...

As a result of Margartia and fizzy wine last night we didn't quite make it up in time to queue for the Washington Monument. Apparently you really needed to be there before 8am to ensure getting a ticket to go up it. I am sure it is an amazing view but neither of as were that keen to get up at 6 for it! Our day didn't go exactly to plan. We had wanted to go to the national geographic society to see their exhibition, but when we got there it was closed. We had als...

We got up early today as we were keen to see the holocaust museum. It is free but it is also the most popular museum in DC so you need to get there at stupid o' clock to get a ticket for a certain time of the day. We got there at 8:30 and by 9am the queue was enormous. We saw most of the museum quite quickly since a lot of it we knew already (history of the war etc). However we could understand why it is the most popular museum and it leaves you feeling quite str...