To celebrate our second wedding anniversary we decided to head to New York. Armed with the Time Out guide, and the excellent books available from the hotel (we recommend the Frommers as it had the best maps and restaurant sections), we explored the city in manageable chunks.
One day we explored Fifth Avenue, Grand Central, Little Italy and Chinatown. The next we went up the Empire State Building and visited Times Square at night. The next day was our anniversary and we spent the day around Battery Park, Ground Zero and taking a trip on the Staten Island Ferry before going out for a wonderful meal. On Wednesday it rained – the tail end of hurricane Frances hit town – and our Yankees game was cancelled, still we found a good restaurant to get over our disapointment in. Our last day saw us heading over to Central Park and taking a great walk before heading back off to Fifth Avenue for the last of the shopping. Our final evening we headed to the Hotel Metro and sat out on their (understated) roof terrace looking up at the Empire State building (one block away).
A great trip, and we’ve left ourselves things to do should we get a chance to go back (like visit the Guggenheim when it’s open as well as many other museums and galleries).
