New York City is somewhere that I was always reluctant to return to after my first trip there exactly 11 years ago. I’m not entirely sure why that was, but any reservations I had were entirely unfounded, as my recent trip there with my friend Lisa proved to be another amazing vacation for both of us. It was for the occasion of Lisa’s birthday, and we had entirely too much fun! And not least because my New Yorker friends, Gene and Ralph, took such amazing care of us during our brief stay.
Gene had been so typically considerate in providing us with passes to museums and the botanical gardens, the latter of which we didn’t have time to see. And Ralph, a New York detective, chauffeured us around like a police escort in his unmarked squad car, clearing traffic with a combination of sirens and microphone! Both joined us for dinners, the most delicious of which was a Korean restaurant on 34th Street (also known as Korea Street), a first for both Lise and myself. We cannot thank Gene and Ralph enough for their kindness.
Lady Liberty.
Thank you to Ralph for driving us across to Brooklyn so that we could take some skyline shots.
Lisa and I happened upon this Iranian New Year carnival on 5th Avenue, full of music, dancing and colour.
An old gun relic, in the Metropolitan Museum.
Time Square.
Time Square traffic whizzing by.
Turtle, New York Aquarium.
Shark, New York Aquarium.
Sunset over Manhattan.
Dusk over Manhattan
The famous Bronx Zoo cobra, which temporarily escaped.
Lions, Bronx Zoo.
Coney Island boardwalk.
Rowers, Central Park.
Bow Bridge, Central Park.
Tulips, everywhere in New York!
School bus convoy, just off 5th Avenue. Taken with my phone, the Nokia N8.
Empire State Building. Taken with the Nokia N8.
To see and do as much as we did, you need a good New York breakfast! Nokia N8.