Some posts coming up describing the geographical adventures I had in the city of New York over Easter.
We had an early flight with Norwegian Air, who come highly recommended. We had booked flights in their sale months earlier for a bargain price.
Up early, breakfast, and over to the terminal to check in our bags - very efficient - and then security - a longer queue for this one, but not bad compared to previous occasions - a wait in departures and got some bits for the flight - boarded efficiently and flight wasn't too busy - took off on time - the route didn't take us over very much land sadly - 2 meals provided, and also watched several films and dozed a little - apparently the cabin pressure and airflow had been improved, so a comfortable flight - landed at JFK airport early afternoon US time - baggage reclaim and passport control - first visit meant hand scanning which took time to do, and then a driver took us from the airport into the city centre, and checked into the Hilton Garden Inn near Central Park. I'd chosen this hotel after looking through hundreds and
After Tiffany's (a film location for my son) and Trump Tower, and the HOPE statue, we headed down Broadway, and to Times Square, which was as iconic as I expected.
Went for our first wander in that area, and down to Bryant Square, which was a perfect place to sit with a cold lemonade, and within half an hour had hit one of the great buildings of the city: Grand Central Station.
This had an excellent photographic exhibition by Stephen Mallon, which I will write a separate blog post about, as it was excellent.
Bought some food, and back to the hotel to have an 'early' night so that we were fresh for the next day with the hour change. So exciting to be in the city, and have 5 days of exploring ahead of us...
Plenty more to come...
Images: Alan Parkinson - shared under CC license.
We had an early flight with Norwegian Air, who come highly recommended. We had booked flights in their sale months earlier for a bargain price.
Up early, breakfast, and over to the terminal to check in our bags - very efficient - and then security - a longer queue for this one, but not bad compared to previous occasions - a wait in departures and got some bits for the flight - boarded efficiently and flight wasn't too busy - took off on time - the route didn't take us over very much land sadly - 2 meals provided, and also watched several films and dozed a little - apparently the cabin pressure and airflow had been improved, so a comfortable flight - landed at JFK airport early afternoon US time - baggage reclaim and passport control - first visit meant hand scanning which took time to do, and then a driver took us from the airport into the city centre, and checked into the Hilton Garden Inn near Central Park. I'd chosen this hotel after looking through hundreds and
After Tiffany's (a film location for my son) and Trump Tower, and the HOPE statue, we headed down Broadway, and to Times Square, which was as iconic as I expected.
Went for our first wander in that area, and down to Bryant Square, which was a perfect place to sit with a cold lemonade, and within half an hour had hit one of the great buildings of the city: Grand Central Station.
This had an excellent photographic exhibition by Stephen Mallon, which I will write a separate blog post about, as it was excellent.
Bought some food, and back to the hotel to have an 'early' night so that we were fresh for the next day with the hour change. So exciting to be in the city, and have 5 days of exploring ahead of us...
Plenty more to come...
Images: Alan Parkinson - shared under CC license.
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