"Hey look! That was easy!.."

Today was the day of the big, exciting train ride into NYC. You know what? it happened! After taking Skylar to the doggie hotel, we boarded the train at just after 11am and traveled into the big apple. Just over 2 hours later we arrived in Pen station, we ditched our bags and decided to jump straight in. Seeing as we couldnt check our bags into the hotel before 4pm, we took a bus tour of the city and here is where we started....

I will tell you, we have lots of photos and i wont be posting them all tonight. Our tour guide was awesome, incredibly funny and told us many a great fact, although, I'm a little unsure if all of them were..well... lets just say... entirely accurate. Further research is required, and if they are found out to be false, well.... be prepared to receive a letter my friend. *laughs*
We took the downtown tour and the first thing i noticed about new york is, well the second thing, because the first thing i noticed was how Yellow seems to be the popular colour for cars here... so the first thing I noticed was how tall the buildings were. They build high and they built ALOT!

We all know what building this is.. its so designed it has its very own air currents. When it snows, looking out of the window, it seems to snow upwards. Ill be climbing this beast very soon and be seeing the city from great height, that'll be exciting.
This tour was mostly to see the city but also for me to get my bearings and work out what sights I wish to see later this week. There is no way I am going to see all of this in one day, so I'm glad we took 5 days.
The tour lasted a few hours and in the end it got dark. We started the tour at time square and also finished it there but once we got to the end of the tour, it looked a lot different than when we started!

I also hailed my first New York Cab today, just stuck my arm out and he stopped, its very easy and incredibly entertaining. Guess I'm easily amused.
Our hotel room is on the 19th floor and this is about half way up the damn building its great, looking out and seeing ants below. I tried to take a photo of the height but it didnt come out so well at night, I'll try again during the day.
We found a small, posh and delightful Italian restaurant to have our first NY meal in just around the corner and then, headed back to the hotel for bed. Its been a long day and tomorrow, I have to try to navigate NY on my own, well, for the first part anyway.

Im very excited and incredibly pleased to be here, it really is fantastic, amazing and awe inspiring. Well, that's all for now, I have to drop 19 floors for a smoke before bed, so till tomorrow....