A somewhat fitful night's sleep as our body clocks adjust. The noise from 7th Avenue is audible despite the double glazed windows (maybe through the air-con outlet?) so we were glad of the supplied earplugs to put NYC on mute!
Hotel is close to Macy's so we decided to go there first and have breakfast taking the recommendation of one of the staff as to which place to eat was best and plan our day. Decided to wait for the sightseeing bus tours and make our way to Tiffany's for buying my birthday present, then go to Central Park and the Rockefeller Centre on the way back. Walked to Madison Avenue hoping to find somewhere on the way to buy a Metro ticket so we could get a bus. Ended up walking up Madison Ave as far as 42nd street to get the ticket at the subway station by Bryant Park. Then found the bus stop for the service that would take us further north before walking back from Madison to Fifth Ave (the buses only go south along Fifth Ave). It took us a while to find Tiffany's having walked right past it! We got distracted by Trump Tower which rightnext door. Surprisingly a number of people that we asked did not know where it was but we made it eventually. I'll share what I got later, for now suffice to say I have a very generous husband :-) As I write this at just after 7.30 local time, it's already my birthday in the UK - might as well bag the extra hours from the time difference and have a 29 hour birthday!!
Being rather hot and thirsty by this time we bought a fresh juice drink from a vendor near the entrance to Central Park - mine was orange, pineapple and strawberry, Steve's was blueberry, raspberry and apple. Most refreshing! Next, find a "restroom" - we couldn't find the ones that were meant to be close to the zoo so ended up buying a $2 map to find some others before heading further into Central Park for some lunch. Everyone tells you about large portion sizes - the Caesar salad I had would easily have fed 2. Steve had a burger and then gamely helped out with the salad as well. Fed, watered and relieved we made our way back to Fifth Avenue and walked down to the Rockefeller Centre. As I was struggling with my feet we decided to get another drink and sit awhile before going to the Top of the Rock for views across the city. But then we found Ben & Jerry's among the various shops around the concourse. Steve had a smoothie made of cranberry juice, strawberry sorbet and banana while I thoroughly enjoyed some chocolate peanut buttery and chocolate fudge ice-cream.
And so to the Top of the Rock - 43 seconds to go up 67 floors. We got a souvenir photo!
Now chilling with a glass of wine courtesy of the hotel for messing Steve about with some surprise he's evidently cooking up. We're not really hungry now so are not going out again this evening.
Tomorrow (my 50th birthday!!!!), not sure if we'll be watching the England match after all but we have Les Miserables booked for the evening.
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