Day 71 New York Wednesday Our last day before heading for home. Today was not going to be an overly taxing day. We walked up to 47th Street in Time Square (3 km each way), bright and early, to purchase tickets for a Broadway musical matinee. You can buy reduced price tickets to shows for that day from a ticket outlet. Matinee tickets go on sale at 10.00.am and evening tickets go on sale at 3.00pm. We arrived at around 9.00am and were about 6 from the...

Day 70 New York, Tuesday Today was another walking day to see "must see places of New York". In most cases we walked to the sight and took photos from the outside. As much as it would be nice to go inside and have a closer look around many of these attractions, it starts to become an expensive exercise with all the admission fees charged. One can only absorb so much history at museums. We started by heading uptown along the Highline as it went further nor...

Day 68 New York - Sunday Today was not as late a start as you might imagine considering we only went to bed in the early hours of the morning. However, once ready to depart for the day's sightseeing we decided to take the subway so as to arrive at Battery Park (southern tip of the island) in a timely manner. The subway was only a street away at the corner of 14th Street and 7th Avenue. Battery Park is the last stop on the train line in this direction. We ...

Day 67 New York - Saturday NB - Bring up Google maps so you can follow the days zig zagging of city streets. After a late night we did not wake as early as intended. Though once out on the streets we certainly covered a great deal over the course of the day. Heading eastward on West 15th Street we reached some market stalls in Union Square. Strolling through the markets we also made a quick detour into Trader Joe's Wine shop to check out the cost of be...

Day 66 Boston to New York We were up early as we had decided to walk the 1km to South Station with our luggage. It was an uneventful walk but at a slower pace than our normal walks around town. On arrival we discovered if we checked our luggage through to New York we would not be able to collect the bags until the next morning. Needless to say, we opted to keep it with us. The interesting fact about US train travel is that they only post the departure pl...