Hello Folks!
this morning we went to the Empire State Building, just wow. Everything they say about the structure is true and more - the remarkable thing is the interior the art deco wall decorations - brass furnishings all add to a quite unique 'feel'.
The queues were long and rather tedious as one felt one was getting close to going up only to find that the was another snake to go through. Eventually we found ourselves on the 102nd floor and WOW! For those of you who don't know where the 102nd floor it was where King Kong's left foot was when he was holding onto the airship landing spire.
We took snaps of the view looking down on our previous observation deck on the Rockerfeller Building by 40 odd floors.
On leaving the Empire State we walked across to the Hudson and jumped on board a sightseeing boat to go around the southern en of Manhattan and out to the Statue of Liberty. The photos say it all quite outstanding.
We stood at the back of the boat watching the world go by - the buildings and bridges looking even more massive from sea level. What a City!
The Statue of Liberty is quite lovely - majestic in a graceful way which must ave been a hugely uplifting sight to those that were just entering the country on nearby Ellis Island.
On leaving the boat we walked back across town along 42nd street through Times Square when a raging thirst took hold.
We sidled into a quite little spot and enjoyed a quiet hour - with restaurant and club recommendations ringing in our ears we set off to find a basement Japanese restaurant which was all the rage. It was - we felt transported back to Tokyo - the goyza and ramen were totally authentic as were the yakatori sticks - wonderful.
As we ambled back to the hotel we were well fed and watered and slept like babes...
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