May 2 - Day 2
Well, I must say, the flight from L.A. to New York was the best one yet. We were upgraded to Business Class. Oh yeah, that is the way to fly. We were waited on, had a menue to choose from, had personal DVD players loaded a selection of movies for us to watch. The 5 hour flight seemed very short. It was a pity they wouldn't allow people to use their cameras on board because the view of New York as we slipped below the clouds was spectacular. I guess there are postcards for that sort of thing.
We landed in New York and walked straight out onto the platform where our courtesy bus was waiting to take us to our hotel - the very swish Carleton Hotel on Madison Avenue.
It was too late to do anything that night so we walked around the corner to a little serve-yourself place and selected a nice meal each which we sat and ate there. So far we've found all the food and drinks everywhere around Manhattan are way too expensive. Even a bottle of water 300mls will cost you $6 here. 1ltr is $10. I've developed a liking for their Coka Cola - it tastes different over here. I love their lemonade too. [Note: lemonade as opposed to Sprite - which we call Lemonade.]
The Empire State Building lit up at night. I took this from the other side of Madison Square Park
Closer up now. We walked through Madison Square Park. It's very small but lovely.
We never got to eat here. There were people lined up all the way out onto the sidewalk. The food must have been good.
I'm sure this building with its clock lit up on the Madison Avenue side of Madison Square Park does have a name. I just don't know it. It was pretty, though, so I took a photo.
