Last day Thursday
Finished packing and left our bags at
reception for the day, flight was not until 9.20pm from Newark, EWR.
Got the train uptown to 125th Street Station to Harlem. We just had
a walk up and down 125th Street, saw the Apollo Theater, had a look
in some shop windows and looked at the architecture, I could not
settle as it was the last day and I was getting anxious about the
travelling, decided to go for a meal at The
Spotted Pig in the village, I had seen their Roquefort burger and Shoestring fries
on a television programme and had been wanting to try this.
We got
on the subway to 14th Street and walked down Hudson Street and along
W11th Street, in the distance I could see a small line and was
thinking we had no chance again and trying to work out where to go
next, what I had not realized was they opened at 12pm and it had just
turned 12! we got in and seated straight away and the meal was
everything I thought it would be, drool!
After dinner we headed back to the
subway and to W72nd Street, I finally got to go rowing in Central
Park! And we saw loads of turtles basking in the Sun, it was a lovely
close to the holiday.
The end was near, we got the subway one
last time, back to Herald Square to the hotel, sat in Herald Square
with a drink for a last half an hour, we probably could have had
another hour or two doing something but I could not relax and was
getting very anxious about getting to the Airport and all that kind
of stuff, it may have been easier had we just been reversing the
journey we had at the beginning but we were leaving from a different
Airport and I am a worrier. Suitcases retrieved we headed for Penn
Station, first thing was to find the right entrance for the NJ
transit trains which as luck would have it I had passed on the way
out earlier in the holiday so knew where it was, it was under the
Madison Square Garden entrance, between the Eagles.
We got a ticket to EWR Newark Airport,
$12.50 each, and waited in a very hot space for the platform
announcement, there were escalators thank goodness as our suitcases
were heavy!
It was a quick ride to EWR then on the
Airtrain to Terminal B, found baggage drop ok, I knew I was too early
but was glad it went so smoothly. A bit of panic because things are
done differently here and I could not find security on any maps, it
seems you wait for a gate number and then security is on the way
there, they do it the other way round at Heathrow. Then we were sat
in the departure lounge waiting for the flight and it was all over, a
fantastic holiday and I was a little tearful, was glad to get home to
see my cats though, want to come back now!
New foods I tried from my list:
Rugelach, Black and White cookie, Pastrami, Corned Beef ( different
from ours), Pork dumplings, Egg Cream, Bagels, Chinatown Custard
Tarts, Cheesecake, Pickles, Bialy, Knish, Bubble tea, Gyro, New York
Pizza Slice, Pretzels, Canoli, Halvah, Red Velvet Cupcake, Pancakes,
Gyro, a Russian pastry and lots more, I went to weigh in at my
Slimming world group today and have gained 12lb eeeeek!, it was worth
it though.
The Subway was fantastic and had no
problems working it out, between the map in my guidebook and the
embark app it was great and I miss having a subway stop near my front
door!
Most people were friendly and helpful,
was offered help on the subway when I was seen checking my guide book
map when we changed plans last minute.
Before I went I was worried that my
excessive research may have spoilt it for me, this could not be more
wrong, the research helped so much and you cannot do too much.
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