Day 18 - New York

This morning we were up and at it early for breakfast and to pack our bags as we were moving hotels.  Our next hotel was only a block away, the Affinia Manhattan Hotel on Seventh Avenue.  We were used to walking up 6th and Broadway so walking along 7th Ave was a bit of change for us.  We walked the block to our new hotel and luckily our room was a lot larger than our room at the NYMA Hotel. We had a room with 2 double beds, a kitchenette and a small bathroom and we were able to get a roll-away bed for $30.00 in total for the three nights for Jonathan so we were all able to spread out in a bed for each of us!  After hearing all the gossip from GKJOWDR & T we all walked up to Times Square for a look around before we left GKJOWDRT to go on a tour to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.  We were particularly interested in Ellis Isalnd as it is steeped in history - it is the point where immigrants landed and were processed to be able to enter the USA back in the 1865 to 1925's approx. It was extremely interesting learning about all the different European nationalities journeyed across the Atlantic (sometimes taking up to a month) by boat and then maybe being turned back if they didn't fit the "criteria" required by the US government.  Certainly glad we didn't live in those times and need to migrate to the USA!

For dinner, the adults went to Mustang Sally's for a really good nosh whilst we tucked up the children with pizza in our hotel.  A really good night out but once again a late night!