One of the 23 Street subway stations.

 You might get confused bcos there are a few stations named the name but the difference is that they are on different colored lines. 

 

 

Breakfast at a Japanese eatery!

 

Staten Island Ferry Terminal

But actually, this is not the place where you buy tickets & board the ferry to Liberty Statue!

We wasted about 15 minutes waiting in the long queue (it was very crowded!) before we realised it was the wrong place! The ticket counter was at the round brown building near the bus stop!

 

Sorry for the spam of pictures!

Actually, those pictures could not summarise up what NYC is like!

Everyone should go visit NYC at least once in their lifetime!

Looking at my pre-pregnancy figure makes me feel somehow sad...

It has been 2 months since my delivery and my lumpy tummy is still there..

I know I should not be ranting about it and showing some efforts to focus on my tummy..

Keke..

Temptation are everywhere around me (I am referring to food)!

;D

 

Our 1st breakfast in NYC!

 Then, we were ready to set off to explore the amazing city and admire the landscape and buildings!

Flatiron Building!

Madison Square Park is just near and we saw the original Shake Shack shop there!

But we decided to try it another time as the queue was quite snaking....

 

Did I say NYC is also a pet-friendly city?? Dogs can be seen in parks, as well as squirrels! Squirrels' fav food is peanuts! Can see people feeding them. Look at this smart squirrel, eating upside down!

 

After a half day of exploring the city, we went back to the hotel to check in.

Our hotel is Chelsea Highline Hostel located near Hudson River.

We stayed there for 4 nights and paid about $600+++. We had to do with it as hotels in NYC were quite expensive. The shared bathroom is quite clean but it depends on your luck. Sometimes, we had to wait for the others to be done before our turn. There was 3 bathrooms on my floor. Please note that there is no lift so you have to carry your luggage upstairs. Luckily, our room was on the 2nd floor! Phew! There was also a wash basin where we can do our daily teeth brushing for our convenience.

 

After checking in and a short rest, we again went out to explore Times Square!

One of the public transports we used was the bus!

 As usual, we checked for any disability concession travels.

It was 50% of the normal fare. Thanks to my thick-skinned hubby, we saved lots on fares! Teehee!

 

A spontaneous photo where it was suddenly raining!

 My hubby likes this photo! Lol!

 

 OOTD for the night : The same outfit as per in the afternoon but I threw on a crochet knit top over my top.

Truthfully, we miss our times in USA and are looking forward to the next time which we don't know when it will be... :)