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Not all tawk…

I took more than 450 photos today.

I know. 

 (And if you have just arrived here, please know that I NEVER exaggerate.  Especially when it comes to photos.) 

My little portable hard drive is groaning already.  I don’t have time to go through every shot each night, but I do randomly select a couple that look interesting to share here for those choosing to take this trip vicariously with us. Lord knows what I am going to do with the rest of them.  A giant coffee table book of New York, by a random Australian.  Should sell well…

We just finished a night-time tour on a New York bus – fascinating and gorgeous, but full on in a way that ONLY New York can be.  We started counting the amount of times the guide told us (in his best Brooklyn accent) that something was ‘The First…’, ‘The Biggest…’, ‘The Only…’ IN THE WORLD. 

We lost count at 22.  I had fun imagining what Jeremy Clarkson might have done with it all… after all, it is his catch-cry.

An-ee-way… a quick selection of shots from today.

IT SNOWED!

And my kids went a little NUTS.  It was IMPOSSIBLE to keep them out of it.  There were snowball fights the entire day.

To all passers by who were caught in the cross-fire: my apologies. 

Honestly, you’d think this pair would have SOME respect for the monument underneath which they were holding World War Three…

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

Oh how I loved meeting her… as (really) did the whole family. One of Dash’s big anticipations of the trip was seeing ‘Lady Liberty’.  I totally welled up reading about her beginnings, her journey, and what she means to Americans.  To me, this side of the US is what makes it great.  Passion and patriotism. True grit and lofty aspirations. Inspiring stuff.

Of course, Dash’s OTHER great dream was seeing…

WHERE KING KONG FELL FROM…

How amazing was this view?  The Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Center) gave us an awesome look at the Empire State Building despite the snow clouds. 

And the kids main request for tomorrow, now that it has snowed (right on cue)?

A proper visit to Central Park…

I wonder why…

😉

(Look at all that WHITE!)

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