Our time in New York has come to an end :( it has gone so quickly but we have done a lot, and cant really afford to stay here any longer! After a rather cold first day and walking around in coats the second day was very very hot, almost beach weather! Although our day didn't start off so well! The hotel we booked provided a shuttle into times square, (although you couldn't really call it a shuttle as it could only take 6 people) the tube station is only a short w...

New York, New York. The big city. We decided to try the metro and then walk from the bus station this time rather than paying for a taxi, it was relatively easy and the 4 or 5 block walk from the station to our hotel went fine too. We must be getting stronger!! After checking in and dumping our bags we headed straight for times square. It's as big and flashy as you imagine, and extremely busy. We wandered around times square for a while and of course we just had...