Day 62 - Sunday 11 December

New York City - Day 8 of 11

We started the day by strolling and shopping around the mid eastside.

We then walked along 59th Street to Columbus Circle, where we had lunch, and some more shopping.

We then went to the upper westside, to go to the cinema - http://www.alliedmovie.com/ .

When we came out of the cinema, we were excited that there had been a small snowfall.

We then returned to midtown and passed the historic Brill Building.

We the had dinner at the legendary Carnegie Deli, which unfortunately is closing its doors at the end of this year.

Day 61 - Saturday 10 December

New York City - Day 7 of 11

We started the morning by going to midtown, and walked into the annual Santacon bar crawl - http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2016/12/10/thousands-of-revelers-descend-on-manhattan-for-santacon-pub-crawl--a-charity-event-with-a-checkered-history.html . We admired one of our favourite buildings - the Flatiron.

We then walked down Broadway to Union Square for the holiday market.

Next stop was downtown, where we walked around the beginning of the Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall and the Woolworths Building.

We then returned to the World Trades Center, where Bill & Peter went up to the One World Observatory, for an interesting elevator ride, and spectacular views.

the 9/11 "Survivor Tree"

We then went to Soho, for some shopping, and admired some of the famous buildings at night.

Di, Carol & Peter continued shopping and then went to dinner.

Bill went to the Time Warner Center, at Columbus Circle, for a wonderful musical evening, firstly for a pre-concert discussion by the artists, and then the concert - http://www.amny.com/entertainment/steve-miller-talks-rock-n-blues-tribute-to-t-bone-walker-at-lincoln-center-1.12707992 .