Concrete Jungle

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I went to NYC over the weekend with three friends and we got the train in about 5 minutes after I had finished work and headed in on the train. I went with Tom, Stu and our guide for the evening Danielle. We got into Grand Central station and headed outside to hail a yellow cab. Stu did an excellent job at doing so, however we got shouted at by a man with a whistle, as we apparently skipped the line. We walked around looking for a place to stay and managed to find a hotel and it had a queen sized bed, a recliner chair and the floor. I asked for enough blankets and pillows to make a fort, however they denied me that chance.

We then headed out to NYC and ended up at Times square looking for a place to eat. We passed about 17 Maccys (I loved it). We ended up going to Planet Hollywood which is right on the bit of Times Square you see in pictures and stuff. We walked in and it's got like different movie props and costumes. The first one I saw was  two suits worn by Robert Redford and Paul Newman in The Sting. (I'm well aware a lot of you won't know what The Sting is, well google it or IMDB it. It's the greatest Con film ever. Even better than Ocean's 11. Sort it out) Well when I saw these suits I jumped around like a small child in excitement and forced Danielle to take my picture of it. Here is that picture.

There was loads of other films in there, ranging from Titanic to Grease and the Sound of Music, the food was nice also and our waiter was pretty spot on also. We had a few cheeky ones and got to keep our shot glasses and stuff. Massive win! We then headed out into Times Square at night which is really interesting, and a hard thing to describe, worth going though, can't think of anything like it.

We turned in relatively early and we decided who slept in the bed with the trusty old, Rock Paper Scissors, I was one of the winners and went to sleep fairly quickly.

We headed out the next day into the city and watched the Football in an Irish bar which served PROPER TEA!!!!! We had like four different matches on the 9 different screens in the bar and loved the drama. Except Stu, Stu is a Man U fan. From the bar we headed to the Rockefeller centre and decided to go to the top. Now some of you may know that I have a problem with heights, one of my friends pointed out that I had trouble walking up a hill in Manchester once. I've been trying to tackle that fear and I believe Rockefeller is my moment that proved that I'm challenging myself. Yay me! Here's proof in case you don't believe I went up myself.

We went back down and if you may have guessed from the picture it was a gorgeous day and absolutely boiling so we headed to Central Park and had a bit of a nap. Standard. And that was my first trip to NYC.

I'm all well and loving working with young people again, and don't you fear I have a plentiful supply of hugs and cuddles here. You are welcome dear blog reader for the promised pictures. I promised didn't I! Thanks for reading you wonderful person. You are my favourite.

I miss you all dearly.

Love Tim