Sad to say goodbye to Kerhonkson where we had been made to feel so welcome, we returned to New York by bus the day before our train to Chicago in order to get a better look at the sights. This time we stayed in Manhattan and went up the empire state building. Although crowded at the top, the views (writing on the kindle so will update them later) are totally worth the trip. A top tip is to save your money and not splash out the extra fifteen bucks (check me out with the lingo) to go all the way to the 106th floor, it is practically identical to the view from 86th except you can see marginally more of central park.
We also did the staten island ferry which is free and takes you relatively near the statue of liberty (not really close eniugh to appreciate its finer details) and gives great views of the city.
We also made a vist to central park, we passed many soft ball games, I had my first and only new york hotdog and then we got trapped in a crowd of thousands of runners taking part in a corporate funded 5 or 10k. There are loads of massive rocks sticking out across the park that give it a slightly wilder feel than some of the london parks.
We stayed just a block away from the empire state building, during the night i dreamed i was on a battle field (too much call of duty no doubt) with the explosion of grenades going off around me. I awoke to find that the bangs were real and that lighning was hitting the empire state, it was so close it was no longer a crack but a bang - annoyling we couldn`t see it from our window.
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