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After the excitement of seeing a bit of Northern Virginia and our excellent run in the Leesburg 10k – we got up early to return the rented car and then off to Ronald Regan National Airport for our flight to New York. Whitney who kindly offered a lift to the airport – forgot to take her bike out of her car, so the 10 mile drive was eventful especially for Oliver, who had the full weight of his sister to deal contend with!
Unfortunately, our flight was delayed, including sitting on the runway awaiting approval to depart, as there were storms in New York, creating congestion in the air. Eventually we arrived at one pm and then had a yellow cab ride to our hotel on the upper west side, as we arrived the heavens opened again.
We took cover at a local restaurant called Nicks – it was an amazing place – with the largest menu I can ever remember seeing – the whole world is in that menu!
In the late afternoon we walked down to the Empire State Building taking the trip up to the 86th Floor to get stunning views over Manhattan in the night. The queuing to get to the top was almost as awesome as the views.
We also took in Columbus Circle and Times Square before heading back to the hotel having had an evening meal of Panini and lemonade on the go.
Oliver particularly liked the trips to Hershey and M&M worlds in Times Sq.
After the excitement of seeing a bit of Northern Virginia and our excellent run in the Leesburg 10k – we got up early to return the rented car and then off to Ronald Regan National Airport for our flight to New York. Whitney who kindly offered a lift to the airport – forgot to take her bike out of her car, so the 10 mile drive was eventful especially for Oliver, who had the full weight of his sister to deal contend with!
Unfortunately, our flight was delayed, including sitting on the runway awaiting approval to depart, as there were storms in New York, creating congestion in the air. Eventually we arrived at one pm and then had a yellow cab ride to our hotel on the upper west side, as we arrived the heavens opened again.
We took cover at a local restaurant called Nicks – it was an amazing place – with the largest menu I can ever remember seeing – the whole world is in that menu!
In the late afternoon we walked down to the Empire State Building taking the trip up to the 86th Floor to get stunning views over Manhattan in the night. The queuing to get to the top was almost as awesome as the views.
We also took in Columbus Circle and Times Square before heading back to the hotel having had an evening meal of Panini and lemonade on the go.
Oliver particularly liked the trips to Hershey and M&M worlds in Times Sq.
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