Day One: This is New York

Day one begun with us hitting the ground running. We literally did all the highlights of NYC. Empire State, Statue of Liberty, Wall St and Financial District and Times Square. We finished the nite with a Broadway musical, The Addams Family, starring Nathan Lane. Was a funny adaption.

At first you feel like youre in a normal city, Sydney perhaps, but a tiny bit bigger (sic). Then you hear that New Yorker accent and you realise that youre a long way from home.

We did the touristy hop on hop off bus tour and to be honest it was awesome - you really do get to see a lot - and it helps get your bearings a bit.

My day highlight would have to be seeing the John Lennon Imagination Playground - it was a weird find, and i didnt realise where i was until i was there.

The funniest part of the day was the NYC skyride - it came free with our Empire State Tix, basically its a video screen slash ride, where the chairs shake and you get taken on this virtual ride through and over new york city by kevin bacon and scotty from Star Trek - SHITHOUSE!
Very funny though - so tacky, cliche, patriotic Americana - not to mention the bad Kevin Bacon footloose gags and beam me up scotty caper. But hey, it was free!

Anyway - day one over - exhausted!