The last day in New York

How much cream cheese can you fit in a bagel?

This was the question someone must have asked one day in New York City because the guys who made our breakfast knew exactly how much cream cheese they could put in a bagel, one drop shy of too much. It wasn't until after we ordered that the system of the bageler (bagelry?) became clear. We had missed the rows and rows of flavoured cream cheese. It was a rainbow of cream cheese. In the end I was glad to have plain cream cheese, I don't know how I would have chosen.

There wasn't time to choose. We had a boat to catch.

The view from the Hudson

The Circle Line gives tours of Manhattan from the water and at one stage provided assistance to a passenger jet which had made an emergency landing. The full tour is three hours and takes people the whole way around the island. We did the short tour - out to the Statue of Liberty and back.

It was about as cold as it looks

This was not something I would have listed on my 'must do' sights before I left but having done it I can only recommend it. The guide pointed out significant sights in a sonorous voice though didn't mention anything on the New Jersey side of the river.

Downtown from the water

The tour boat docks at 42nd street and we took a bus to 7th Avenue. Ali hadn't seen Central Park and we needed photos of that.

We got 'em

A full afternoon of shopping and we headed out for Greenwich Village where he had heard about a nice little bar with top notch food.

Mac and cheese with chili mixed through

And that was our last night in New York. We talked about it as we walked through the village and decided that everywhere we had been in the States we had a good time, but New York was the only place we were sad to be leaving. Not too sad; we'll just have to go back.