Stay Signed In
Do you want to access your site more quickly on this computer? Check this box, and your username and password will be remembered for two weeks. Click logout to turn this off.
Stay Safe
Do not check this box if you are using a public computer. You don't want anyone seeing your personal info or messing with your site.
Do you want to access your site more quickly on this computer? Check this box, and your username and password will be remembered for two weeks. Click logout to turn this off.
Stay Safe
Do not check this box if you are using a public computer. You don't want anyone seeing your personal info or messing with your site.
504 hits
New York City March 2006
___________________________
The wonderful Empire state building
Since i have added these photo's to the website, Piczo have added some new software that allows me to upload bigger and clearer pictures.
Some photo's may be duplicated but they look better.These can be found at the bottom of the page.
Some photo's may be duplicated but they look better.These can be found at the bottom of the page.
Me at the airport and the boeing 767 that we flew on.
Amanda's favourite Now York building the "Flatiron" building.
(L) looking down times square, (R) me standing over the subway grating where Marilyn Monroe infamously stould in the film "7 year itch".
Mandy in Grand Central station
Broadway
Outside the New York stock exchange on wall st.
Posing in Battery Park.
(L) NYPD car and (R) at the Hard Rock cafe.
Some pictures from the helicopter ride over the city.
Ground Zero.
This fire station is opposite ground zero, inside the station is a tribute to lost heroes.
On the Monday night we went to see "The phantom of the opera" on broadway, to say the show was spectacular is an understatement.
(L) Chinatown,(R) view from Central park.
This photo was taken outside the Dakota buliding on 72nd street opposite central park. This was the home of John Lennon and this is the spot where he was tragically gunned down.
(L) Dakota building, (R) "Imagine" tribute in central park.
This is the beautiful central park, we took a ride through it in a horse and carriage.
The pinnacle of the ESB
In Charly O's before our mountain of food arrived.
Me and some breathtaking views from the 86th floor of the Empire state building.
For once in her life Amanda gets a big portion!!
Times square is a must see, especially at night.
This was the last meal that i had on American soil, a BLT wrap, it was gorgeous and tasted a lot better than it looked.
One of my favourite views in New York was the "Brooklyn bridge", it is very impressive and this photograph does not do it any justice.
It is a shame really that this "Piczo" website do not do you photo's any favours, New York was much more impressive than what i can show you on here. Amanda and i had a great time, and without the kids we were far less stressed and never quarelled once. We were only there for 4 days but it gave us enough time to see everything that we wanted to see and more. From riding the subway and yellow cabs to flying in a helicopter over the city we had a FANTASTIC time. The city is like it is in the movies vibrant and majestic. We took over 300 photo's and over 3 hours of video so that these fantastic memories will stay with us forever.
On a personal note i thought that i would become all goobumped when i visited ground zero, i was a little dissapointed as it really was just a huge building site, the one place that brought a lump to my throat was when we stould outside the Dakaota building on the spot where John Lennon was murdered, that was something special. Like the Dakota, the corner of 51st we stould on the same spot as where Marilyn Monroe had done years earlier in the film 7 year itch, but there was no sign to indicate this, here in this country we adopt the blue circular sign's to indicate a place of historical importance but the American's do not suprisingly.
Thankfully the cabs were cheap along with subway which made getting around far easier for me, four days was enough as i did plaenty of walking, most of it through the pain and discomfort barrier. I could have given up on day 2 and just stayed in my room to rest my legs but i was not travelling over a thousand miles to look out of a hotel window. Yes the MS shagged me out but it did not beat me. What i experianced was very tight and slight pains in my left calf muscle, but the worst thing about the ms that killed me was the "Brain fog", after some walking i was clueless to know where i was, i had a ruff idea, but i was unable to pick up the map and then negotiate where i needed to go next. This is where the coffee shops came in handy for a much needed rest.
Overall we had a cracking time and for the time being we are re-living those wonderfull moments again by watching the video footage that we recorded.
On a personal note i thought that i would become all goobumped when i visited ground zero, i was a little dissapointed as it really was just a huge building site, the one place that brought a lump to my throat was when we stould outside the Dakaota building on the spot where John Lennon was murdered, that was something special. Like the Dakota, the corner of 51st we stould on the same spot as where Marilyn Monroe had done years earlier in the film 7 year itch, but there was no sign to indicate this, here in this country we adopt the blue circular sign's to indicate a place of historical importance but the American's do not suprisingly.
Thankfully the cabs were cheap along with subway which made getting around far easier for me, four days was enough as i did plaenty of walking, most of it through the pain and discomfort barrier. I could have given up on day 2 and just stayed in my room to rest my legs but i was not travelling over a thousand miles to look out of a hotel window. Yes the MS shagged me out but it did not beat me. What i experianced was very tight and slight pains in my left calf muscle, but the worst thing about the ms that killed me was the "Brain fog", after some walking i was clueless to know where i was, i had a ruff idea, but i was unable to pick up the map and then negotiate where i needed to go next. This is where the coffee shops came in handy for a much needed rest.
Overall we had a cracking time and for the time being we are re-living those wonderfull moments again by watching the video footage that we recorded.
