My Favorite Things in New York City, New York, New York
I recently spent twelve days visiting New York City. It was my sixth visit to the city - my first when I was in college in 1980. Since then my visits have all been three to four days…never enough time to really feel the heart of this amazing city. Visiting for twelve days was incredible. We did not visit the top tourist attractions this time like Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island or the Empire State Building. We had done all that on previous visits. Instead we explored deeper, wandered widely and ate with gusto. It was easy to put together my favorite things in New York City. Here is our story.
Well I’m a planner, and so it’s not my style to wing it. And in New York City it helps to try to plan ahead. For example the day we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art with our pre-purchased tickets we avoided an hour and a half wait. We walked right in. I told my husband he should be happy he married a planner…:) I think he is. Try to do some planning and you will enjoy NYC with much less stress and less waiting in line.
Be sure in your planning to consider how far things are from each other. For instance group your activities in Lower Manhattan all together. Central Park and many of the Museums are also in the same area. Otherwise, you’ll waste a lot of time running from one end of the city to the other. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Well I’m a planner, and so it’s not my style to wing it. And in New York City it helps to try to plan ahead. For example the day we visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art with our pre-purchased tickets we avoided an hour and a half wait. We walked right in. I told my husband he should be happy he married a planner…:) I think he is. Try to do some planning and you will enjoy NYC with much less stress and less waiting in line.
Be sure in your planning to consider how far things are from each other. For instance group your activities in Lower Manhattan all together. Central Park and many of the Museums are also in the same area. Otherwise, you’ll waste a lot of time running from one end of the city to the other. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: My Favorite Things in New York City
Guide Location: USA » New York
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Laureen Lund
Read it on Author's Website: https://myfabfiftieslife.com/my-favorite-things-in-new-york-city/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: USA » New York
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Laureen Lund
Read it on Author's Website: https://myfabfiftieslife.com/my-favorite-things-in-new-york-city/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Statue of Liberty
- Empire State Building
- Ellis Island
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Central Park
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Museum of Modern Art
- The Cloisters
- American Museum of Natural History
- The Tenement Museum
- 911 Memorial
- The High Line
- Bowling Gren Park
- New York Botanical Gardens
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Yankee Stadium
- Broadway
- Times Square
- Rockefeller Center
- Spicy Village
- Williamsburg Pizza
- Kashkaval Garden
- Il Corso
- Crave Fish Bar
- Boqueria
- Black Star Bakery
- Zia Maria
- Ramen Ishida
- Katz’s Deli
- John Lennon memorial
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