New York - the town that never sleeps (New York City)

Member Name: Robsonreviews

Product:	New York City
Date:	18/02/09 (54 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: everything you want

Disadvantages: theres tooooo much to do

New York - the place that never sleeps.....

I am fortunate enough to have had the pleasure of visiting New York with my wife 2 years back, we were going to obviously take in the sights and also to celebrate her 30th birthday by visiting the one place on the planet that she had always wanted to go.

We were actually pretty fortunate to fly into Newark airport that afternoon as New York had been on the receiving end of record snowfall and our flight was the last plane landing. And I need to add that the snow only added to the magic of New York - Manhatten....so much so that my wife pretty much just wandered around everywhere with a massive grin on her face the whole time.

After a good nights kip we headed out into the big city to soak up all that we could, straight to the famous 5th ave to shop shop shop (with Tiffanys being the first stop I might add.....not so good on the bank balance lol) 5th ave was full to the brim with designer shops from GUCCI to HUGO BOSS, you see that all of the shops have mahusive guards on the doors..a)to open the door for you and b)to put you off shoplifting...sorry winona!

The one thing I noticed about NY is that everywhere you go, your always near traffic and there's always someone in a car honking their horn! I have since come to the assumption that it is merely part of driving lessons in the states to honk your horn whenever you take the fancy....it's quite weird.

My personal favourite place was Time Square - the neon lights, the billboards - the shops & the hustle and bustle...it kinda reminded me of busy parts of London almost, there is also a Toys R Us there that has a 60ft working ferris wheel inside the store....madness!

A must do is to visit Liberty island and see the statue of liberty, have a look around the island and read up on the history behind it, also close by is Ellis island which also a very interesting place - spend some time going through the small museum which will explain in full the screening process for all immagrents wanting to live in NY......

The best and quite possibly the worst thing about NY is that there literallly is too much to do and see, we spent 6 days & nights cramming in as much as possible and we still have a list of things we would like to do.

NY is a very interesting place to visit, with such diversity packed into a small place, travelling around is so simple and a majority of people are freindly and welcoming. Staff everywhere are only too happy to help and will stop at nothing to make sure you get what your after, which is more than can be said in comparrison to some staff in the UK.

NY is definatly somewhere I would go back to visit again, probably the next time I would go back during another season to experience maybe some of the street parades that happen during the warmer months, they also have many public parties etc in central park in the summer which are supposed to be very good.

All in all a very enjoyable experience was had, well worth a visit and worth every penny we spent!

Summary: worth a visit everytime!