8. Riding the Lifts at the Marriott Hotel

We were waiting in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel near Times Square, as we had some times to kill before going to see Les Miserables. Sharon spotted these high speed open glass elevators - so we decided to have a ride

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They whizz up into the most amazingly large atrium, apparently there is a restaurant at the top on floor 45! The view was breath-taking, it was just like a future space age city - we had no idea the hotel was so big from the outside.  We had such a good time that we bought Irene in and had another ride.

4. Visit New York

What an amazing place, it certainly lives up to its reputation, the grid system makes it easy to get around but the traffic is MAD.







There was a great moment when I spotted a girl wearing a Tardis dress in the Marriott Hotel at Times Square, Sharon couldn't believe there was people like me who want to wear such a dress!




Whilst I was there, I traveled by yellow taxi cab, subway, open topped bus, horse & carriage plus 2 trips in a stretch limo! 
It did feel good alighting from the Limo at Times Square and no-one had to know we had booked it at a really cheap discount price, thanks to Sharon!