New York New York, it's a hell of a town...
So with the arrival of my parents last weekend, we decided to take a quick trip across the pond 'sans Lucas' and spend a few days checking out The Big Apple.
Things started off badly with the British Airways in-flight entertainment failing on the way over (which meant that I didn't get to see the ending of 'The Flying Scotsman' the true story of Grahame O'Bree, who broke the world one hour cycling record in 1993 on a home made bike using bearings from his washing machine... good film BTW). The food was also abysmal.
Things picked up on our arrival in NY. Our immigration officer was a Eurasian guy who played cricket. He was opening batsman for his team. Then the customs official had a look at our passports, looked at Nat, and then asked me 'is she your daughter?'. Smiles all round.
We spent the afternoon walking around mid-town, and checking out Grand Central Station. As you'd expect, Manhattan is an incredibly busy, bustling and stressful place... yet Grand Central Station is one of the calmest and most serene public places I have ever been in. I guess it is the combination of the fantastic natural light and great stonework. We returned to Grand Central throughout the weekend whenever we felt the need to 'get away from it all'. We can recommend the burgers at the Michael Jordan Steakhouse there, they were good value.
After a quick dinner with Shiong at a lovely French Bistro in the meat-packing district, we decided to check out The Empire State Building (the queues were only 15 minutes at night-time, as opposed to 45+ during the day).
Things started off badly with the British Airways in-flight entertainment failing on the way over (which meant that I didn't get to see the ending of 'The Flying Scotsman' the true story of Grahame O'Bree, who broke the world one hour cycling record in 1993 on a home made bike using bearings from his washing machine... good film BTW). The food was also abysmal.
Things picked up on our arrival in NY. Our immigration officer was a Eurasian guy who played cricket. He was opening batsman for his team. Then the customs official had a look at our passports, looked at Nat, and then asked me 'is she your daughter?'. Smiles all round.
We spent the afternoon walking around mid-town, and checking out Grand Central Station. As you'd expect, Manhattan is an incredibly busy, bustling and stressful place... yet Grand Central Station is one of the calmest and most serene public places I have ever been in. I guess it is the combination of the fantastic natural light and great stonework. We returned to Grand Central throughout the weekend whenever we felt the need to 'get away from it all'. We can recommend the burgers at the Michael Jordan Steakhouse there, they were good value.
After a quick dinner with Shiong at a lovely French Bistro in the meat-packing district, we decided to check out The Empire State Building (the queues were only 15 minutes at night-time, as opposed to 45+ during the day).
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