by Kirsty Fowler

Created on: October 28, 2009

Theatre- Mamma Mia

We really wanted to see a show, originally we wanted to see Wicked however it was fully booked other than the $300 dollar seats each. The receptionist however got us reasonably priced tickets to see Mamma Mia, which we knew should be good. As our hotel was about 15 minutes away from Times Square where the Winter Garden Theatre is, so we decided to get a taxi there and back which we were thankful for in the end. An amazing theatre production, really worth the money, the music was just fantastic, they have hired some amazing singers, actors, not so much.

Harbour Lights' Cruise

We were planning to do this, however due to my jet lag, the rest of the family didn't want to go without me. There are lots of different Cruises put on by this company, but the one we were looking at was the harbour lights' cruise which takes you around New York at night. Sounds lovely.

Shopping

Sorry boys, but if you take your wife/girlfriend to New York, you may have to fight with the shops in New York. Everywhere you turn are new shops, new amazing shops. There are a few that are worth talking about, but there are still amazing shops on every block.

Macys

This shop is amazing; we only brought two things from the lingerie/pyjama floor and then it only came to about $6 but I got what I came for... the bag. It's a great amazing store, but very expensive.

Bloomingdales

Like Macy's this shop is very expensive, even more so than Macy's, when we saw a hair tie for $10 we decided that we could not afford anything there and would not want to buy anything for that price. We were very cheeky though and asked one of the salesmen if we could buy a paper bag from them. We got given 6 paper bags, all different sizes just to say we had been to Bloomingdales and he didn't charge us a dime.

Manhattan Mall

I once went to this huge mall in Calais and was there for hours, this one was alright, but I can understand why it's not really talked about and why a lot of people don't really talk about it when talking about Manhattan.

Rainbow

This shop we found on the last day, it's situated on the same road as Empire State (Fifth Avenue) and I literally had to be dragged out of the shop after spending $50 on shoes and tops. Luckily we only took 3 suitcases with us (there was four of us) however we had to buy an extra one on the last day due to all of the things I brought, mainly in this shop. I got two pairs of converse for $20 and 6 tops for $30. Unheard of here in the UK, an amazing shop, well worth checking out.

http://www.rainbowshops.com/

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