You've seen it in movies, you've seen it in photos, you've heard it in the news, but in a blog? Maybe.. New York City home to the
New York times, original
Broadway shows, giant pretzels, the
Statue of Liberty and so many TV shows. For many people, it's their dream to come to this very city at least once and let me tell you, that is a great dream. New York is a beautiful city but very crowded indeed. Especially around holidays. During Christmas, Rockefeller Center's beautiful tree and ice skating rink can hardly be seen from the other side of the street! It's great but not something that you would want to get caught up in during the holidays. Also, New Year's celebrations...It seems like fun, which it may be, but it's EXTREMELY crowded and you have to get there super early to get a good spot. Oh, did I mention it's really cold?
Enough with my bad opinions. Are you a shopping fanatic? If so, I think that 5th Avenue is where you belong. There, they have everything from cosmetic stores to book stores, electronic stores to coffee shops, shoe stores to stores for handbags. Almost everything you're looking for. Yes, it can be cold if you go in the winter and yes, you will be with all the tourists but who doesn't like shopping? Spending money is really fun..for some people.. Fifth Avenue isn't the only shopping place in the whole city (obviously). Another pretty amazing area is the well-known, Times Square.
So, Times Square is pretty famous already, right? And, if you go to New York, you might think, '
Oh I don't want to go to Times Square because it's crowded and I've seen it in plenty of movies already.' It's actually really cool to go see and it's a really big area so it doesn't seem as crowded as it actually is.
Another fun thing to do is take a ferry out to the Statue of Liberty. No, you don't just drive around the monument in a boat; it's placed on top of a small island where you can get souvenirs, great photos and a good view of the statue towering over your head. The park used to allow tourists to go up into the Statue of Liberty but it's very cramped and, I believe, dangerous so I don't think that you can go up there anymore...
I don't know what else to say without spoiling the whole trip for interested people so here's what I have left to say. New York is phenomenal, cold, beautiful, crowded, everything you could want in a city. I hope this makes it on your list of places to go because it is worth it, trust me. :)
