New York Highlights

Broadway Show
On our first night in NY we met Artika and Kieran, friends from Dunedin, to go to a Broadway show. We had a spicy dinner at a groovy thai place. Even Artika, who carries tobasco sauce wherever she goes, thought the food was extra spicy. We then made our way through the snow to the theatre.

We saw Wicked, the story that follows the Wizard of Oz. It was fantastic. There was great music, costumes and most of all it was Broadway!













Empire State Building
When organising our Days in New York we had read about how long the lines are for empire state and the importance of lining up early. As we were all jet lagged and tired from our overnight flights, we decided to invest in an express ticket
. This meant we could sleep in and avoid the lines. At first we were questioning what we had spent our extra money on, but we soon found out the amazing benefits of our ticket. We genuinely felt like celebrities as we flashed our express tickets to pass the swarms of helpless people waiting in the lines. Apparently the avearage wait to get up the top of the building was 3-4 hours that day. As express celebrities, it was a mere 1 hour round trip with the majority of this being viewing time. The views from the 102nd floor of the Empire State are spectacular and make you realise how huge NY city is.













This is the express pass grin that couldn't be wiped off our faces.


























Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

Today we went out by ferry to see the Statue of Liberty. It was amazing to see this icon up close. Following this, the ferry stopped at Ellis Island, where 12 million immigrants passed through on route to America. It was fascinating to find out the history of the place.



























The Seinfeld Soup Kitchen
We ate the most amazing soup from tbe soup kitchen that one of the Seinfeld episodes is based on. You even get given a banana and a chocolate with the soup. They didn't have seats so we enjoyed having a picnic in the snow.