Thursday 5 July 2007 - New York

I headed off to find Central Park which is fabulous - an oasis in the centre of a concrete jungle. Even though it was early morning it was quite full of people walking their dogs, runners, people doing tai chi and sightseers. The street curbs were full of bagged garbage and the garbos were doing their rounds - amazing how much garbage is generated.

Central Park

After showering and changing for the day we headed off to a diner for breakfast and then took a bus down 2nd Avenue and through Chinatown to Ground Zero. Directly across the road is Century 21 which is an outlet for designer clothing, houseware, jewellery, etc. Ian went to see the Firefighter's museum which is all he wants to say about that! I went walking. I finally arrived back at the hotel at about 7pm after exploring the Garment district, Greenwich village, Union Square, Times Square and then along 42nd Street.

We ordered room service and called it a day.