NYC

Summer 2009 was marked with a 2 week long vacay in North America! First stop NYC for a week followed by another week in Montreal. My accompanying holiday adventurers were Adam for NYC who was tag teamed by sister Sarah for round 2 in Montreal.

Again - lucky strike 1 with the hotel room. Not cheap mind you but the double aspect room faced down the barrel of 7th Ave to the bright lights and madness in Times Square. Magic!

Central Park

... more photo ops

The hotel room view at night... the noise was incredible and I LOVED it!

The first day and we hit the ground running. It was Adam's first trip across the pond so all major tourist attractions were obligatory. Staten Island ferry first stop to get our free view of the great Lady and a cool trip on the water.

GLUTEN FREE BREADSTICKS and BEER! OMG SOOOO GOOD!

GLUTEN FREE PIZZA! AMAZING!

SOOO NOT Gluten Free but it came served on a bin lid! Brilliant!

We opted for the ever so healthy rib/steak/pork combo with unusual green stuff that I had not encountered before in the USA...

Corn bread - although gluten free(ish) is yuk

Hotel room view was amazing at night - I could stand for hours just watching and listening - it also helped that the air conditioner was there to cool us down.

Mmm Chinatown! Yumcha! Yum!

Whaddayamean officer I had no idea that the LV bags out of the back of the dodgy white van were knockoffs? Really? I cannot tell at all!