Day 17 - New York

We started our day with the NY style brekkie again of yummy bagels and coffee etc and decided to tackle the NY subway system as we wanted to visit the American Museum of Natural History.



 Jonathan was particularly interested in visiting this museum as he had read a book called "Wonderstruck" earlier in the year as one of his "Reader's Cup" books. Wonderstruck gave a story and history of this museum so Jonathan wanted to check out the museum to ensure that the book was "true to life".  The museum was totally amazing but far too much to take in in for one day.  After six hours our brains couldn't take in any further information so we left and went by subway to Columbus Circle to take photos of Christopher Columbus and then we visited FAO Swartz - the world's biggest toy store.

 FAO's was beautiful (and sparkling clean) and I think there were more adults than children in the store! Next we walked down Fifth Avenue and window shopped in all the designer stores!

We stopped for dinner at "Bill's Burgers and Bar" a ritzy bar on 6th Avenue.  It was a great restaurant serving fabulous burgers and a huge variety of beers.  We were all grateful to walk the 12 blocks back to the hotel after a huge meal!  Karen, Glen, James, Olivia, Wendy, Daf, Ryan and Teagan all arrived safely from Orlando this evening.