New York City

Advantages: Cheap shopping, culture, fun!
Disadvantages: Can be stressful!

...I always thought of New York as one of those places everyone should visit once. So when I was offered the chance of a week’s free accommodation in Brooklyn, I took the opportunity for my one off visit. I was fairly certain I wouldn’t like the place enough to ever want to go there again. I don’t like cities. And from what I had heard, New York epitomised everything I hate about cities. Noisy, stressful, tacky and very, very large. But I booked my ...
...I hate to admit it, New York proved me wrong. I loved it. I think part of the reason I enjoyed it so much was because I was shown round by some friends who lived there. So I am going to try to pass on some of the tips they gave me that made my stay so enjoyable. I will tell you about getting there and getting around, eating and drinking and my recommendations on what to do both during the daytime and the evening. GETTING THERE AND GETTING AROUND ... Read review

Advantages: A lot to see & do, has something to offer for everyone
Disadvantages: Too much to see and do, can be exhausting, expensive hotels

...other first time visitors to New York City. Please get in touch if you have any questions or comments. If you want to see my pictures from NYC please check out my homepage http://gardkarlsen.com. Prelude We have been talking about visiting NYC for many years now and we finally got a chance to see it when we took a family trip to the USA. We decided to first go to my sister in Ohio and spend a few days there. After this we would go to NYC and then ...
...Finding a hotel in New York New York is obviously a huge city so hotels come in all price categories (but mainly in the upper ones :-) and are spread all over the city. So we had to decide which price class to go for and which area to stay in. We looked into quite a lot of different hotels and guesthouses but in the end we booked a room at Hotel Thirty Thirty. This hotel might not be the most exciting hotel but when we travel to big city destinations ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful City Thriving With Life
Disadvantages: None That Is Really Important You Could Love It Too Much

...when I had to leave New York, because I had done so much in the space of a week that it felt like I had been there for months and I still didn’t visit all the most popular landmarks the 1st time I went. As you can see my alias is AshNYC so I thought I should write a review on New York. We all know New York from comics like Spider-Man and Television programmes like Friends but I want to put across the real New York the New York that is a thriving ...
...So far I’ve been to New York twice and I plan to go again because it’s just that sort of place that you can keep going to and never get board of it. A City with so many attractions and landmarks it is hard to know where to start. I tried to highlight most of the must see sights and landmarks of New York City that you wouldn’t want to miss. +++City Sights+++ ++Empire State Building++ The Empire State Building is a must see in New York it is located ... Read review

Advantages: Great places to See!
Disadvantages: Run out of time!

...already know I spent the New Year in New York, so I thought it might be nice to share my experiences with you all, so here is my guide to the Big Apple. It’s a very tall city, much taller than I imagined it to be, as many of you will no doubt be aware it has been the setting for many films and a few Drama’s also including Friend’s, Will and Grace, Sex In The City, I was hoping to see one or two famous faces in and around New York ...
...tall buildings in and around New York itself, you actually need to be following a map or directions of some sort. We arrived at The Empire State Building late morning only to be told that there would be a waiting time of approximately two hours, we were slightly disappointed but figured that as we were already there, we might as well hang around. Once inside there was a queue of about one hour to actually buy the tickets, the building was hot but ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic city, great sights and landmarks, shops!
Disadvantages: You may emigrate!!

...that even though I have New York in my username, because I love the city with a passion, I have yet to write a review about it. So here it is! I have wanted to go to New York for as long as I can possibly remember. I think it may stem from watching lots of American films when I was a youngster (such as Home Alone) that centred around New York, particularly at Christmas time when it showed the big Christmas tree at Times Square etc. I was lucky ...
...while they were lovely holidays, New York, or America for that fact, was never on the cards as a destination as nobody else in my family wanted to go there. So, it was always a case of 'when you're old enough you can go!'. However, then when I was 'old enough' I didn't have the money as New York can be quite expensive (if done properly!). Then, one rainy, cold day, just before Christmas, my boyfriend of almost two years, told me he wanted to go ... Read review