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New York Arrival Day - Monday

Arrival day We arrived into JFK late Monday night from London Heathrow with a long but not unreasonable wait through customs, the main benefit of the wait was that the cases were ready to collect as soon as we got through. We headed for the air train to Jamaica station so far so good. At Jamaica station we were treated to our first whiff of the blue smoke to which my Dylan loudly declared “smells disgusting” back on with his face mask to defend against the smell as much as the germs. We got on the E train to our hotel and struggled up the steps with our cases while doing so I hear Dylan shout at the top of his lungs “eeeeeer there’s a cockroach!!” “Welcome to New York I retort” … “i hate New York” is his reply On to the hotel a quick check in and a bit of a wait for the elevators and we were in our room, which is not too small by New York standards and most importantly 2 comfy beds. A quick unpacking and those beds swallowed us up as I assured my son tomorrow ...

Day 2 Wednesday

We set our alarm for 7 but we were awake shortly before, it’s Statue of Liberty day today! When we did the pre trip planning this was something we all agreed we wanted to do so it didn’t take much effort to get ready and leave. We picked up breakfast from a street cart on our way up to Columbus circle to get the 1 train to south ferry. I got some very disapproving looks from a well dressed woman when I handed Dylan a bag of m&ms after he had eaten his croissant, “hey lady we are on vacation!” I said internally and didn’t feel one bit of guilt about my parenting. We were amused that the announcer on the train sounded like Ernie from Bert & Earnie fame and we pictured him flailing his puppety arms around in the drivers cab. There was a sizeable line already for the ferry but we quickly joined it having pre booked the tickets and we were ready to go through security and board the first ferry of the day. (You have to wear a mask through the securit...

Day 3 Thursday

Today we started off after breakfast by walking over to Central Park Zoo , it’s a nice walk and we enjoyed spotting all the dogs and wildlife. We had pre booked timed tickets for the zoo and we got there 10 minutes before opening to be first in line. Central Park zoo as a really nice small zoo, a good mix of animals and the perfect size to maintain interest of younger kids who might get bored at bigger zoos. Our favourites were the tropical zone polar zone, Dylan made friends with a puffin and they gazed lovingly at each other nose to beak though the glass for a little while. We did the 4d movie which is included in the ticket price, it is a fun short movie that kids really seemed to enjoy. The children's zoo next door was fun for feeding the goats and sheep. After the zoo we walked semi-aimlessly through the park occasionally glancing at my phone to see which sights were nearby as we walked. When the heat got too much we went down to union square and t...

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