The Amtrak train was running late and finally, at 3.15am it pulled out of Fayetteville. We dozed on and off until daylight and then watched as we passed though Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey before arriving at New York Penn Station at 1.30pm.
After we had collected our bags and made our way to the station exit we were swooped on by someone who turned out to be a taxi touter- illegal!! However, it turned out OK for us because he lead us to where the taxis were and I don't think we would have found the street easily without him. Despite all the stories about rude New York cabbies, we got a nice friendly and informative driver who brought us to The Benley hotel at 500E 62nd Street where we checked into a nice room with a view of the East River and the Queensboro Bridge and the cable cars which run regularly to Roosvelt Island.
We dumped our bags, admired the view and then went out to explore the neighbourhood...I think I saw Seinfeld's building and Becker's diner!! I was bouncing off the walls with excitement and Ian was telling me to SLOW DOWN!! I couldn't, so I went off to find Bloomingdales and look around a bit more before coming back to th hotel to shower and change for the 4th July fireworks.
We went up to the 21st floor of The Bentley where they have a restaurant and bar and a better view of the river than that from our room. We were told that they were fully booked - gloom! We asked them to call us if they had a cancellation and they did - joy!! It turned out to be a great night despite that fact that the fireworks were a bit obscured by a king sized spray painting booth over part of the bridge.
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