FROM NEW YORK STATE TO NEW YORK CITY

WEDNESDAY 30 AUGUST - BUFFALO - NEW YORK

Happy Birthday to my little niece, Kialah, who turns the massive '2' today. I will see you in just 13 days :)

Well it's come to that time again - pack up and ship out. Although I have found 3-4 nights in each place is great and definitely more enjoyable then my 2000 trip which was only 1-2 nights at each place.

The morning was spent packing and relaxing in preparation for a full on 3 days in New York City. Bring it on! ;)

Arriving at the Buffalo airport we were greeted with a sign stating 'Buffalo - enjoy our hurricane free beautiful summer and fall.' I have a feeling this was making fun of poor Florida who are currently going through bad storms.

The hour flight ended up being an hour and a half due to the circling we undertook to delay our landing. The good news was we had individual TV screens and satelite TV which entertained us. I discovered four different versions of Judge Judy!

The shuttle bus ($20 each) was a better option then the taxi and dropped us at the door of our 2 star hotel via Harlem which was quite interesting.

After a quick refresher we headed out to Times Square for food (Planet Hollywood), photos and shopping. I finally purchased a new watch after mine stopped after being waterlogged two weeks earlier at Seaworld!

Times Square was a great start in NY as had a great atmosphere, plenty of people and plenty to see and do.





TUESDAY 29 AUGUST - BUFFALO

It was time to explore more of what Buffalo had to offer so I caught the subway then used my trusty feet. I visited the Buffalo Zoo which was quite good for seeing animals up close as, unfortunately for the animals, the enclosures were quite small. It was good seeing the Amercian bears....rrrrrrrraaaaaaaa and finally people recognised my Australian accent as just that and not New Zealand! YAY



I then wandered through Delaware park (a huge park with walking trails, golf course, sports facilities and the like), across the expressway, saw an imitation of Michael-Angelos 'David' and along the river past some rather interesting architecture.



I missed the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, as it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, so headed along Elmwood Avenue - the shopping strip.

A yummy home cooked meal completed the day.