New York

Due to skipping Halifax we arrived in New York the evening before we were due to.  As this was our first American port we had the immigration process to get through.  This was not an easy process, as it could not be finalised until all passengers were off the ship and a clean sweep was done, this meant that no passenger could get back on until all 1960 or so passengers were off and processed and this wasn’t until after midnight.  We decided to make the best of the 4 hour wait and headed straight up 50^th Ave into Time Square stopping along the way for something to eat and of course a drink or two.  The whole world was in Time Square as it was Friday night, it was so busy and everyone seemed to be going the wrong way, but when we turned around they were still going the wrong way.  Eventually we got back to the ship about 12.30am and straight to bed as we were exhausted.

Saturday David went off to find a barbers shop that we had spotted last night as he was in desperate need of a haircut and he also picked up our tickets for tonight’s show, I decided to stay on board to give my ankle a bit of a rest.  We had booked our tickets for Les Miserables a couple of months ago and were both looking forward to seeing the show, I must say it was wonderful the best show I think I have ever seen, part of that may have been the fact that there is a real buzz around Broadway and it would be hard not to enjoy a show there.  When we came out from the theatre you could barely move for the amount of people.  We slowly made our way back to the ship.

Sunday was an easy day walk up to Central Park and the area surrounding it and then back to the ship for sailaway on the back deck.

Statue of Liberty

New York

Time Square at night

The Naked Cowboy in Time Square 

Time Square during the day

Our tickets

Horse drawn carriage in Central Park

Strawberry Fields in Central Park