Second Day In New York

13 September 2014
Weather: 20ish and showers.

This morning we had a continental breakfast at the hotel at a cost of $12.99 per person.  Breakfast consists of cereal, hot drink, bread, pastries, fruit, yoghurt and juice.  After a nice breakfast with the sun shining on us, we walked to the USS Intrepid for the 9:00am Enterprise Tour.

USS Intrepid and New York City skyline

Our guide John was fantastic, he is a Kiwi and those on the tour were us - Australian's and a man from the UK but was born in Sydney.  Not only did John give us a tour but he also told us which places we needed to go first to avoid crowds.

Enterprise Space Shuttle

Once the tour was completed we went onto the 1st deck of the USS Intrepid to see the planes, a must see for hubby was the A12 Blackbird, we continued to the flight deck to view even more planes and space modules.  We watched the video on the WW II kamikaze attacks on the USS Intrepid which led to the death of 69 marines.  We went through the captain’s quarters and spoke with a survivor of the kamikaze attacks on the Intrepid.  We experienced most of the hands on displays and went on the flight simulator, no fighter planes hit this time, as Justin is more of an acrobatic flier.  We went on the XD Theatre's Roller Coaster Ride, this is fun but jars the neck at times.  Shopping was next on the list of things to do where I bought Dad a Father's Day present and a postcard for the parents.  Shopping done, we went through the inner rooms of the air craft carrier, seeing the sleeping quarters for the marines and captains and the anchor area.  From this point we went to see the Concorde then leaving the USS Intrepid to return to the hotel.

SR12 Blackbird

Concorde

I had planned my clothes for the trip based on average temperatures for this time of the year and of course the weather was different to what I had planned.  I should have had more clean clothes appropriate for this leg of the trip but due to weather differences I needed a laundry mat.  We forgot to take the umbrella and waterproof jackets, once the washing machine was loaded, down came the rain, quite heavily.  We sat under the awning out the front of the laundry mat using the iPhone and iPad, luckily by the time the clothes were washed and dried the rain was only a mist.  

We had a little time up our sleeves before going to see the comedy show so we walked around New York taking in the cityscape.  We found a bar and had a couple of drinks.  Heading off we walked to the LOL Club to see the 7:00pm comedy show.  We waited around in a hallway a couple of floors up until being called into a small room with chairs and tables.  Not the type of place I would have wanted to me if there was a fire.  The tickets state you have to buy 4 drinks in total costing from $6.00.  The comedians were funny and we did enjoy it.  The venue is old and needed a refurbishment.

Chilling at the bar

New York City near Times Square

 Afterwards to headed back towards the direction of our hotel stopping at the M&M Store again to purchase more you guessed it, M&M's.  We also stopped to have tea at the Nanking Asian Infusion Restaurant.  It was busy but the food was nice.  Well fed it was time to get back to that huge King sized bed for some rest.