The bus departed for New York City at 10am. The Greyhound Express Line is a non-stop service and is excellent value. It only cost $36 each for return tickets. The seats were really comfortable, the bus had good air conditioning and a power source with free wi-fi access for the laptop. We basically took the I95 coastal route and after a few hours hit the outskirts of New York, entering Manhattan via the Bronx and Harlem.
New York certainly has a real buzz and an energy about it. We got off the bus at the corner of 8th Avenue and 42nd Street and took a yellow cab to our Hotel in West 57th Street - only 2 blocks from Central Park.
What they say about New York cab drivers is true. Tracee was hanging on to the door handle as our cab driver got through gaps we never thought he would get through at speed, honking his horn at regular intervals (which seems the mandatory thing to do when driving in NY city). I am so pleased I didn't bring the Harley in!
After checking in we went for a walk down to 5th Avenue - the famous area with all the 'high end' stores. It was here that Tracee discovered Tiffany & Co. (right next to Trump Tower and across the road from Louis Vuitton). For those few women in the world out there that do not know what Tiffany & Co. sells - it is high end jewellery, very, very expensive jewellery. I got a good photo of Tracee standing under the sign at the front entrance holding my credit card. I am pleased to say the credit card didn't win (well, not yet anyway)! It was hard to get the photo because of all the pedestrians walking past, so a hard case guy on a bicycle stopped the pedestrians on the footpath so I could get a photo of Tracee and the credit card - a few bystanders had a chuckle at that.
We walked back to our hotel via Central Park South and then called into a cafe in the Hotel complex for dinner. We are looking forward to exploring this great city some more over the next few days.
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