It is our last full say in NY, so we decided that there were definite things we needed to achieve. Dad woke up from a good sleep so we decided a good way to see Central Park was by horse and carriage. We tok a tour through the park which by the way was absolutely beautiful. I can see why people choose to get married there it is so well kept and each view has a base of greenery with the NY skyline above it. We wandered up to the Columbus circus and admired the st...

We started the day heading out on the staten island ferry thinking we were going to see the statue of liberty-wrong! We only managed to get to staten island. Go figure! It turns out the statue of liberty is on liberty island! Anyway after the ferry there and back and a view of the big green lady we decided that we didn't need to actually go over to liberty island and that the view from the bottom of the statue wouldn't be ad good as from the ferry anyway. After t...

After a long day traveling across the country by plane, we got into New York in the early evening. We checked into our apartment and set off to find some groceries. Finally, we can cook our choice of meals. Lynette's dietary restrictions of no garlic, onion, wheat or sugars was limiting a lot of our choices in restaurants. We slept badly knowing that mum and dad were due to arrive at 2 am and we would no doubt hear them. They eventually got to our apartment at 3...