| Since our plane landed nice and early we
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| | mostly on Lexington and Fifth Avenues. We
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| had virtually a whole day left to explore
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| | walked by the (apparently just closed)
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| yesterday. The weather was pretty nice,
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| | famous Plaza Hotel and into the south end
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| quite sunny when we started, although it
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| | of Central Park, a masterpiece of
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| clouded over a little and was a little on
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| | landscape design and 850 acres of
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| the cool side, it never got much above 15
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| | much-needed recreational space by the
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| degrees Celsius.Around noon time we
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| | famous landscape designer Frederick Law
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| hopped on the Q subway line, which is
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| | Olmstead. We only explored the south end,
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| literally 5 minutes from our bed and
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| | including the Dairy and Sheep Meadow and
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| breakfast, and we made our way into
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| | headed out onto Central Park West with
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| Manhattan. The subway actually emerges at
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| | all its stately apartment buildings,
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| the Manhattan Bridge and we got a good
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| | including the Dakota Building, in front
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| look at the Brooklyn Bridge and the
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| | of which John Lennon was shot in 1980.
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| south-eastern tip of Manhattan.We decided
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| | The Strawberry Fields hillside garden was
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| to get off on Times Square, figuring that
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| | dedicated to his memory.Everything is
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| this would be pretty good place to start
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| | blooming here right now, and New York
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| exploring NYC. Times Square, with all its
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| | City is definitely a few weeks ahead of
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| neon advertising signs, and promotional
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| | Toronto in terms of the horticultural
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| displays is something else. The sidewalks
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| | cycle. Something was in the air, and I
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| were totally full of people strolling and
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| | had to sneeze about a hundred times, and
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| tons of promoters were handing out flyers
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| | by the end of the day we both had to pick
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| for broadway shows, comedy shows and
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| | up some allergy medication since we were
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| other entertainment events. There is so
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| | both battling major hayfever
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| much advertising in the Times Square area
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| | symptoms.Then a brief hop on the subway
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| with lights and displays blinking
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| | later, we popped up again in Greenwich
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| everywhere, that the individual
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| | Village, a beautiful neighbourhood of
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| advertisements actually started to run
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| | brownstone townhouses and took in the
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| into one another in my mind, probably not
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| | ambience. We ended up at a nice little
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| the effect the advertisers tried to
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| | restaurant on 7th Avenue, called
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| achieve. Indeed, the hustle and bustle in
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| | "Pennyfeathers" where we had a beautiful
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| this area is huge and can get a little
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| | dinner in an enclosed porch so we could
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| overwhelming.We strolled around that area
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| | take in the street life.A couple of
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| for a while, and walked by Rockefeller
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| | subway rides later we came back to our
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| Center, although we did not get to
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| | temporary home in Brooklyn where we
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| explore the whole complex. Then we
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| | dropped into bed exhausted from all the
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| tracked down Grand Central Terminal and
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| | walking, trying to catch up on a bit of
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| walked through this grandiose historic
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| | rest for the next day.Susanne Pacher is
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| train station which opened in 1913. There
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| | the publisher of a website called Travel
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| are over 100 commuter train platforms at
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| | and Transitions( Travel and Transitions
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| Grand central and they all run off a
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| | deals with unconventional travel and is
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| glorious central concourse.The east side
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| | chock full of advice, tips, real life
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| of Grand Central opens out almost
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| | travel experiences, interviews with
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| straight onto the Chrysler Building, and
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| | travellers and travel experts, insights
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| considering that I am a huge fan of Art
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| | and reflections, cross-cultural issues,
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| Deco skyscrapers, I had to go inside this
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| | contests and many other features. You
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| 1929 masterpiece. As a tourist you can
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| | will also find stories about life and the
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| only access the lobby, but the central
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| | transitions that we face as we go through
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| area with its ceiling mural and the
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| | our own personal life-long
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| authentic Art Deco elevators (and their
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| | journeys.Submit your own travel stories
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| doors covered in wood marquetry) are
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| | in our first travel story contest( and
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| definitely worth a little detour.Then we
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| | have a chance to win an amazing adventure
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| snaked our way up towards Central Park,
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| | cruise on the Amazon River.
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