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A very odd thing about being in New York was how recognisable it all felt. As we were driving into New Jersey the first day, Michael and I brainstormed all the tv shows and movies we could think of which were set in New York. There are dozens. And, of course, we see news from NY at home too.

All this pre-conditioning led us to feel strangely familiar when we were there. It’s an iconic city. One of my favourite things in NY was seeing those landmarks. Here are some things we saw:
- 42nd Street and Broadway
- The Empire State Building
- The Chrysler Building (my personal favourite)
- The World Trade Center, site of the Twin Towers
- Central Park
- Tiffany’s on 5th Avenue (lovely to wander around in, although the security guards looked nervous to have the Willo boys thundering around in their genteel premises)
- Macy’s
- Time Square with its electric billboards and the glowing ball
- FAO Schwartz Toy Store and the giant piano
- Grand Central Station
- the subway
- the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- the Museum of Natural History
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Madison Square Gardens (which is a building and not a garden)
- NY Public Library
- The Statue of Liberty
- Ellis Island
- 5th Avenue shops
- yellow taxis
- steam coming out of the manhole covers in the middle of the roads
- Wall St and the Stock Exchange

Karen