Day 184 - Sightseeing in NYC

After a bit of a lie-in we thought we’d set off down to lower Manhattan towards the Statue of Liberty. Along this route we stumbled across an interesting section of town called High Line which is basically an old overhead railway bridge that has been converted into a walkway/ gardens. The weather was great and so we made our way up the steps and onto this walkway. The views from up here are nice and give you a bit more of an insight into NYC life as more is visible here than on street level. We continued down Manhattan along this walkway until we noticed that the Flatiron building was along the street we were above.

We cut off and made our way along the street until we got to the iconic building (also used in the Spider-man movies.)

Satisfied with the picture taking we then went into Madison Square Park where we came across the immensely popular Shake Shack. It has been so long since we last had a good thick shake and so we joined the 10 minute long cue to purchase a chocolate one… and some crinkle cut fries also. The shake was good, very good in fact but we can’t help but compare it to the ones of Wendy’s in Australia; which we think will forever be the standard set for all shakes.

As we could see it from here we opted to go to the Empire State Building so Danny could make his way to the top whilst Corrie waited down below. Luckily we weren’t fooled by all the tour people outside selling “fast pass” tickets for $10 over the normal entrance fee outside as they didn’t allow any skipping of the lines once inside (many disgruntled people had bought these tickets though, and they were not happy!) Danny was well impressed with the observation deck up at the 86^th floor as it was a complete 360 degree walk around viewing balcony and the railings offered holes big enough to take pictures through easily. Admittedly the views from the top of the rock are good, maybe even better as there is more of central park and you can see the ESB, but to us both you get more for your money at the slightly busier ESB.

Back down on street level Danny met Corrie who had been reading her book back down the road at Madison Square Park. She also saw a red squirrel (well what she thinks is a red squirrel as it was much redder than all the other squirrels there) but has no picture evidence as Danny had the camera!

We were both pretty tired now from all the walking in the heat and so made just one more stop at Danny’s request – the midtown comic book store. After a perusal around the shelves we made our way back to the apartment to relax for the rest of the evening.