Woke up about 6am this morning and feel much better. Weather is also good today and quite warm with sun out. No tours tour today just going to spend time on the hop on hop off us. Started with uptown tour, got off at St Marks cathedral which is huge. Tried to light a candle for Grandma and Grandad but they didn't seem to have any available. Next walked to Toms Restaurant which is the diner used on Seinfeld (well the outside anyway). Had a brunch in there eggs,...

Well I am sick, woke up this morning and feel pretty bad, cough and cold like symptoms. Weather is overcast and muggy again. Got up and ready and left to get hop on tickets and then head down to City Hall park for my Where it all began your. Did the tour it was pretty good saw some good buildings and learnt a bit of the history of the city. After the tour I looked around the area a bit more then got back on the hop on bus. Felt really bad and no energy so dec...

After getting back from Niagara Falls I freshened up and went straight down to where the ferries are which is about a 15 minute walk. Seems the weather isn't good here either, very overcast and rain on the way and very very humid. Got on the hop on hop off water taxi and got the camera ready for some good shots of the statue of liberty and NYC skyline but seems the camera may have got wet after all yesterday or the humidity is affecting it as all the shots are n...

Had a great first day in NYC, went to 5th av and saw Trump towers, went in to have a look, gold everywhere, there was an American Chopper's bike in the lobby, that Paul Snr made for Trump when he was on Celebrity Apprentice. Tiffany's is next door, went in there to have look, no prices on anything so must be expensive. Had lunch in a traditional diner, had a Pastrami on rye, was pretty good. Went to Central park and saw all the good spots like the fountain and ...

Day trip to Niagara Falls today, bus picked me and another 2 from hotel at 430am, it was 15 minutes late which scared me a bit but all good. Bus took us to LaGuardia airport for 1 hr flight to the falls. There was 8 on the bus and we met another 13 at the airport. There were people from all over on the tour - Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Australia so the driver had to speak in 4 languages 1 after the other it was like watching the Eurovision song contes...