It's time to visit a couple iconic landmarks along the subway route. We are fast becoming experts on the NY Subway (BTW over here in the US that is NOT a sandwhich shop).
Our journey starts at Wall Street Station
(Yes we both look seriously jet lagged but it's 6:30 am (6:30pm Perth time) and we can't sleep, so what better use of our time than to venture around Manhattan Island via the NY subway....
Grand central station is our first stop....AND GRAND IT IS!!!!! These photos do not do justice to the gorgeous architecture, amazing wide open space, awesome ceiling design and chandeliers....yes I said chandeliers and yes what I meant was chandeliers!!!! I know! Who puts a chandelier in a railway station.....
This is one of at least 8 chandeliers I counted in the main hall.
Our American friends are fiercely patriotic....there are American flags (and they are really big) everywhere!!!!
Grand Central at 7am on a Saturday morning....visibly lonesome
Our next adventure was to take the "shuttle" to Times Square.
So...I imagined Times Square to be a really big open "mall-like" space, maybe covering a block or two and featuring carefully crafted landscaping with a huge fountain and a real cosmopolitan vibe...
....it was not what I imagined...this is it...it was tiny...yes this is Paul walking down the middle of it...
...and characterised by neon advertising....
...with it's very own NYPD...
....another very large and very neon flag....
...and some very unusual characters...
It was time for coffee and breakfast...thank goodness, one of the 287 Manhattan Starbucks was only a few metres away.
These two jet lagged Aussies definitely needed a decent shot of coffee...yes we doubled up :)
Til the next NY ADVENTURE
Sutto
