Our hotel is inside the 'zone' so we had to prove this to the police on our way home to be allowed in when we returned from our days activity.
We contemplated fireworks in Central Park but at -4 degC we are also considering a nice warm bar with dozens of televisions pointed at Times Square.
Today was a free day so we re-visited some cool places we have seen over the past week. Soho, Greenwich Village, Meatpacking district, Chelsea Market etc
We also enjoyed many of the buskers out taking advantage of the big tourist crowds. They are far more deserving of our coins and small notes than the 'trust me, I am homeless peopl' who shake their cup at you while playing on their new iPhone 6!
We listened to an excellent guitarist (12 string) in the subway this morning (NQR line, so he got $5 - Marie suggested that the NYPD line might drop us directly home if we smile nicely 😃)
Next we enjoyed listening to five retired looking African-American who boarded our train, introduced themselves then sang beautifully, unaccompanied. They received the coins in our pockets.
On a previous train we had seen several boys break dancing and pole dancing in the next carriage.
Like most big cities the subway is very efficient, easy to use and whilst their are plenty of buskers we haven't seen many nutters (most of them are up on the street!). We saw a cool book of photos of the thousands of different 'people' of NY but it was to heavy to bring back.
Sophie would have laughed at the volume of people with hair in all colours of the rainbow.
Historically we didn't think America did good coffee but whilst most outlets are rubbish their have been regular spots which clearly make an art of good coffee, so we have supported many of them!
Crazy chance - we bumped into a good Wellington friend on our way back to the hotel. Small world.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. We will be there soon.
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