New York City

New York ==Intro== This review started out as just one review, however it was getting into the 6000 word mark, so I decided to take out and edit the bits that went over 1000 words or so and am going to put them into separate reviews. Hopefully you enjoy the review, please take the time to rate and comment (if you can be bothered with either �) as it will be much appreciated. Thanks again for reading. ==Flying from UK to New York== On the 17th ...
...amazing flight. ==Arriving In New York== We arrived at JFK in New York about 12pm, due to my nan being disabled we got some assistance which meant we got through all of the queues very quickly which was great after such a long flight. The guy that pushed my nan’s wheelchair was brilliant, he included us all in conversation and told us all about what was happening in New York at that time. Getting a taxi out of the airport is very easy, you walk ...

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...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 ...

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...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 ...

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...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 ...

AshNYC 12.08.2004 (16.08.2004) · Read full review
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...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 ...

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The island city of New York is, with a population of around eight million, the largest city in the United States. It is divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. It is one of the most beguiling places there is; life goes on at an incredible pace and one could even describe it as the epitome of everything that's wrong with America. However, spend a week here and the initial shock gives way to myth. The moment ...
...did establish the Dutch colony, New Amsterdam, which would slowly evolve into New York City. In 1626 the Dutch bought the entire of Manhattan Island from some native Indians for what would now be about $25. It was fortified over the next century, with a large wall running it's course along present day Wall Street. By 1790 its population had reached 30,000. Trade was opened to the Midwest by the Erie Canal, and the first wave of large-scale immigration ...

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...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 ...

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...You can read all about New York's many tourist attractions in other reviews but this one is specifically about our visit to the 9/11 memorial). Anyone who's ever been will tell you that New York is absolutely and utterly unique. Nowhere else even comes close. I've been visiting on and off for almost a quarter of a century and, even after all these years, I still get that buzz when my plane touches down at JFK. I love the place and the people who ...
...it had made to the New Yorkers. I had read that the area known as “Ground Zero”, where the twin towers once stood, had become a place of weird holiday where vendors sold tacky T-shirts commemorating the event, so it was with some trepidation that we set off to see what we could see. The World Trade Centre, for those unfamiliar with Manhattan, stood at the bottom left hand corner of the island, not far from Wall Street. Built in the nineteen sixties, ...

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...break in the Big Apple, New Amsterdam, and the city so good they named it twice! Yes lve just spend a break in New York. There seems to be a theme going on here but, Santa Claus on Christmas morning in the guise of my wonderful boyfriend Paul saw fit to leave a little envelop saying we were heading to NYC over Valentines Day! How romantic! So Thursday 12th February arrives and Paul and l pack ourselves off to Belfast City Airport to catch our BMI ...
...was a child with a new toy! So that was my flight over – unfortunately on the way home l came back down to earth with a hard bump – we were back in Economy and the worst this was l knew what l was missing!! Oh well that will teach me not to be a snob! Anyway back to the opinion New York. We stayed in Manhattan in Lexington and 50th in the Waldorf Astoria – and l am not going into the hotel as that is a review in itself, just ...

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When I first wrote about New York some 13 months ago, it was subsequent to a 5-day break over the New Year of 2002/2003, so the whole thing had an air of ‘New York as a New Year destination’. Now that I’ve been there twice, having got back today from a 5-day February half-term break, I’ve decided to add in my new experiences, to make this more of a city guide, rather than a ‘what I did over New Year’ holiday diary (even if it did get a diamond!) ...
...had “first dibs” on the new 4-engined A340 Airbus, the world’s longest commercial aircraft – don’t be misled by the latter. This leads to more rows of seats being crammed into Economy, NOT more legroom. The seat pitch is down to 30”, about the same as most charter flights (and worse than some!), and I’m over six foot in height. Need I go on? Still, I should have guessed that with a name like Virgin, something was going to be tight..... b) This Year ...

BNibbles 05.01.2003 (24.02.2004) · Read full review
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...the city that never sleeps, New York. For years I wanted to go stateside and experience all the fun things that I saw glimpses on when I watched programmes and films based in New York and for my 21st Birthday 5 years ago I had my first visit and since then I have not stopped going back it is a great city and somewhere you should definately see before you die. There is so much to see in New York it is a difficult place to write about with so much ...
...important part of travelling to New York is researching what you want to do and where you want to stay. With so many airlines operating services into JFK, Newark and La Guardia getting a flight shouldn't be a problem, however when it comes to choosing accommodation this is where many people get stuck, wanting a central location in a high standard of accommodation will cost you in New York, want a view of Times Square in a 4* property then this can ...

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Most people who visit New York love the experience, but their wallets love the experience less so. Having experienced the charme of New York as both a tourist and a 'local', I would like to give some suggestions of fun things to do in New York without having to remortage your house at the end of your vacation. This is a review in progress. I attempted to include as much as possible, but intend to add on from time to time. ATTRACTIONS - MANHATTAN ...
...thing to do while in New York is a visit to the Brooklyn Bridge. You can take the No.6 train to Brooklyn Bridge and then take a lovely stroll from Brooklyn to Manhattan. On your way you will be able to see not only downtown Manhattan, but also the other bridges to Manhattan. If you look closely, you will also be able to see the statue of liberty in the far distance. This is a great thing to do at night - and even better if you happen to be in New ...

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...... I first visited New York in late November, early December of 2001, after a very cramped seven and a half hour flight a group of friends and myself finally landed at Newark airport in new Jersey, you could see straight away how nice and clean and welcoming it was going to be, and it only took 20 minutes to get to our hotel in new Jersey from the airport. The Quality inn at Newark is very reasonable and easy to get to the city, about a 40 minute ...
...Gershwin, Broadway (of course), Ambassador, New Amsterdam, New Victory, just to name a few. These are showing different shows every night and is quite reasonable to get tickets for. I cannot tell you that much more about the theatre as I was only there for five days and didn't get the chance to do all that I wanted to. There is the financial side where the World Trade Centre used to be, looking at what had happened there and what everybody must ...

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I first went to New York in 1996, as an impoverished student and had decided to spend my student loan for my final year on a 'voyage' to the Big Apple and DC. Being someone who has travelled extenisvely I always get a reasonable first impression from how visitors get treated on arrival. Vancouver has the big 'Welcome to Canada' signs and they always wish you a good stay, the Australians are paranoid about you having fruit in your bag but are good ...
...the world!). Arriving in New York City in 1996, the immigration guard took a keen interest in what I was studying, (American Studies) and proceeded to get into a discussion about whether I would be supporting Clinton or Bob Dole in that year's presidential election. I actually thought it was a trick question- say anything against their mighty leader and I might be on the next BA 747 back to Blighty. So I said I thought Clinton was great. They let ...

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...years to make it to New York City. Why? you ask. Well Len and I, being English, were concerned about being tourists and the safety issue. Well, we need not have worried. We were meeting family there. Prior to our flight, we phoned the hotel to see how much transportation to the hotel would be. They suggested a yellow cab, which would cost around $25-$30. Exchange rate $1.83 to the £. So we get outside of the airport and see the sign for yellow ...
...what did we do in New York. First of all we met up with Len's family in the hotel. We all stayed at the New Yorker on the corner of 8th and 34th Street. The price was right, with a great location, but an average hotel. With no food on the flight we needed to eat. Len's daughter and her husband always eat at Chevy's, which is a Mexican restaurant. Had a good meal, and for New York prices it very was inexpensive. We stayed pretty much in the 8th Avenue ...

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