New York

We arrived in New York Saturday evening at about 10.00pm very tired after flights from Papeete via Los Angeles ( 16Hour journey) and went straight to bed.
Sunday saw the heaviest days rainfall in New York for 106 years ...and very cold with it...we looked out of the window and went back to bed. But at 3.00pm we were booked to see the musical 'Wicked' so at 2.00pm we took our brollies and legged it to the theatre which was really quite close to the hotel.
The show was excellent....worth getting wet....the stage effects stunning. Richard didn't quite get the story line since he hasn't seen the Wizard of Oz but that didn't matter.
We chose to stay at The London NYC Hotel because Gordon Ramsey has just opened his new restaurant in New York at this hotel and we managed to get a table by booking last November!
very expensive but well worth the treat.
Jane....tell Sharon that we were invited to tour the kitchen where we met the Chef who hales from New Zealand....it was very hectic and well organised...Jeannette was very impressed.
The weather began to improve after Sunday so we were able to fit in some sight-seeing....Times Square, Broadway, Central Park, Empire State Building and Ground Zero site....the latter being quite an emotional experience.
New York is very exciting, noisy and different with plenty of shops but we both feel that we have done it and would not particularly want to rush back.