And a sore neck!

The feet have blisters and are hurting but I soldiered on to take in more of the vertical sights today. Late start though due to sleeping in from my big walking day yesterday. Just managed to get down to breakfast with four minutes to go (they stop serving it at 11:00am). The bed in the Giraffe is seriously comffortable too, which doesn't help matters! Anyway, grabbed a boiled egg, two slices of grain bread and a croissant, which kept me going until mid-afternoon. Then headed straight down to the Flat Iron building, which is quite close to the Giraffe. I'm told that it was the original skyscraper albeit much smaller and lower than the current examples. It is a very interesting shape, quite slim and tapering to nothing at one end.





This is the widest end!

Headed north up Broadway from the Flat Iron Building and could make out the Empire State Building in the distance. Had got a glimpse when landing at JFK on Friday and again when on the long march yesterday, but hadn't got up close and personal at that stage. That was about to change as I made my way towards Times Square.

View up Broadway from the Flat Iron.



Very Art Deco entrance.



Elected not to follow in the footsteps of Sam and Annie from Sleepless in Seattle, instead choosing to go to the Rockefeller Center (sic). I was told the view was better and you could of course also see the Empire State Building from its rooftop (The Top of The Rock as it's known). So it was along 34th Street (didn't see any miracle) and past Macy's (huge store and I bought myself a leather belt that was on sale). Then across town to The Rock.

Macy's Main Entrance





Open Air Ice Rink at The Rock

Used for functions too!



Central Park looking north.

Looking south towards the Statue of Liberty.







A few more pics taken on the way back to the Hotel.







Grand Central Station (The Untouchables?)

So an earlier night to rest up for my last full day in New York. Tomorrow I'm planning to take the Central Line Ferry trip. It circumnavigates Manhattan Island and takes about 3 hours. Looking forward to seeing the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline from the water. Then I intend to take in the Financial District and check out the site of the WTC disaster and hopefully the Brooklyn Bridge if there is time. Given the aching feet, and my improved cash flow, there might just be a couple of taxi trips in tomorrow's sightseeing programme!