Today, we took the subway to South Ferry and caught the ferry from Battery Park to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island where we did audio tours. At the statue, we found a small cafe that sold 'Fish and Chips' which we thought sounded good. Turns out that in America, that means fish and a packet of crisps... disappointing!After that, the girls went shopping while Mitch and I walked from Battery Park around to the Brooklyn Bridge and then halfway acros...

On Thursday (28 June) we took a tour of the United Nations Headquarters. We were able to walk through a sitting of the General Assembly but couldn't take photos in there, unfortunately. We also saw the Security Council chamber and a bunch of displays about land mines and human rights etc.After that we had a look through Macy's ... supposedly the world's biggest department store but didn’t think it as impressive as Harrods. They do have some r...

Today, we started with a walk from our hotel to the west gate of Central Park. We continued on and found the famous statue Angel of the Waters, and many beautiful scenes of the lake, bridges and dense greenery. Afterwards, we visited the Museum of Natural History which blew me away with the quality of the exhibits. In the afternoon, we made very quick visits to the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, just to say we’d been there.

Today we purchased tickets to visit the 911 Memorial for a 10am booking. The ticket office was a couple of blocks away from Ground Zero and was a little tricky to find. The memorial consists of two enormous pools surrounded by cascading water and the engraved names of all the victims. The pools are on the exact footprints of the twin towers. There will also be a museum on the site but that isn't open yet. Work is well advanced on seven new towers.After t...