New York City Take 2

 We have just returned from New York City on a bus tour.  The company we traveled with was called Comfort Tours and they were wonderful.  This is the same company that I went with last time and I couldn't rave enough about them.

On our way down we stopped at the Corning Glass Museum.  This is a great place to visit.  You can watch people making things with glass, blowing glass into various thing.  It's like a science centre for glass.

 Here was an art instillation at the Hyatt in New Jersey.  That was our hotel.  I highly recommend this hotel.  They had a wonderful breakfast, the rooms were comfortable, their staff were all very friendly and helpful and they had a really nice swimming pool, hot tub and fitness centre.

 Here is a clock tower just outside of the Trump Tower.  Wow Mr. Trump's building was amazing place to walk around and have a look at....Oh and a little known secret.....his washrooms are open to the public and are very nice.

 Here is the flat Iron Building.

 Part of our tour took us to Grand Central Station.  If anyone is interested in architecture you should really go and have a look.  It's a beautiful place and they have a great food court and shopping area.

 Here we are at Central Park.  One of the highlights of the trip in my opinion.  This is a quiet oasis in the middle of a busy city.  The fountain was in an episode of Dr. Who.  Some of you might recognize it from the episode called Angels Take Manhattan.  The angel at the top and the cherub babies came to life.  Very scary!

 The tall lady was our tour guide Suzanne and the shorter lady was our city tour guide Karen.  Karen was a true New Yorker through and through (attitude and all).

 Here was the best part of the entire tour....I got to go to the Cake Boss Cafe.  Ok so it's not Carlos' Bakery in Hobokin, NJ but this was just as good.  Just in case you watch the show on TLC and wonder if his bake goods are as yummy as they look.....they are.  I had a Carmel cupcake and Neal had a chocolate cup cake and we LOVED them.  So much so we forgot to take a photo of them.  The only bad part was that I didn't get to meet Buddy or any of his family.  Thankfully he hasn't mentioned this place on his show yet so the line up isn't too long.  It's right near the Port Authority Building.

 Here we went on a walking tour of the Highline.  Now this use to be a railway that ran along up above part of the city, but it's no longer being used for that purpose.  They have now turned it into this beautiful park.  I think we could have stayed there all day.  It's quiet and relaxing and a great use of space.

 Here we took a boat ride around the Statue Of Liberty as it's still damaged from hurricane Sandy and not open to the public yet.  The boat ride was a lot of fun.

Here is the old wooden escalator at Macey's.  Yes folks the escalator is made of wood.  There are many floors at this mall and the prices are great.


Well, that was our short trip to New York City.  We had a great time and the weather was fantastic.  There was so much more that we could have seen but we just didn't have enough time.  If you decide to visit NYC my one tip to you.....wear comfortable shoes.  There's a lot of walking.