We're in New York. Home to millions of people from all corners of the world. My first impressions. Damn we came at rush hour. Peggy wonderfully had arranged a limo to pick us up. The driver met us at the gate after our uncomfortable flight. He was from India originally but seemed to have been here for many years. Traffic was slow but it allowed us to appreciate the trip into the city. Both the kids fell asleep on the ride in which was good. They need their rests.
We were dropped at the door on Park Ave, nice. Look up and there are about 20 floors looming. Columns of buildings sprout everywhere in neat lines. The city is very well laid out. Especially designed for tourists to get around easily. Apart from the park which i still am having difficulty with. It's hard to see landmarks once you are in the park and the paths curve so it's quite disorientating. We've been lost each time we've gone to the park. Did a big loop yesterday looking for the zoo. Henry has been very good apart from when he's getting tired and hungry and we've been telling him for half an hour "not long now". Poor guy.
The subway is good and fairly easy to use as long as you keep a careful watch on which way you are going. We've been taking a small stroller around for Bella and it's not been any hassle apart from the entry and exit gates. We got to Grand Central on Sunday while on our way to Blues Brews and BBQ's. It is quite a sight. Amazing painting on the ceiling which is so high it must have cost a packet to get scaffolding up there when they cleaned it recently. I noticed a lot of police and one fully Combat gear army guy. All armed of course but only with pistols. I'm still waiting to see London. I remember there were sub machine guns 10 years ago so who knows what they have now.
New York feels great. It's not as noisy as I'd expected. Park Ave is quiet apart from the maoning sirens occasionally. Ambulances sound like ghosts or wailing children. There seem to be a few fire engines around. You'd hope so with all these high rise apartments. Did you read about the 2 firefighters killed in the Deutsche bank building that was being torn down floor by floor. I'd been reading the day before about how they were pulling it apart bit by bit because of damage from Sept 11.
Anyway we are safe and very comfortable here in our little haven. Provided so generously by Peggy. We are hoping for better weather tomorrow as it's been really rainy. Was hot last week but today I had a long sleeve top on and a rain coat. I'm looking forward to exploring the city on a bike there are some great paths around the park and along the Hudson river.
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