Ah Jim. So glad you came back to finish your report. Now you really do have to go back to NY so you can write another, equally entertaining report!

How interesting that a bunch of New York editors at Readers Digest declared NYC the most friendly city in the World. I think they need to get out more often. LOL

thank you Jim... i SO enjoyed your honest and entertaining report. I have been wanting to go to Ellis Island for a long while, to see where my grandfather first saw the US. No one seems to want to go with me.. I just purchased tickets tonight for our NY trip in Sept. I will stand firm in getting my way this time, and go by myself if need be.
I'm thinking next summer, Scotland for me..

JJBhoy - Well done. Agree 100% about Ellis Island.

Look forward to reading about your next trip with your boys.

Sandy

Jim, I appreciate your efforts to finish this report. You truly have given a thoughtful and honest sense of your reactions to what you saw - while retaining humor and informative detail. This is not an easy balance, nor one often achieved.

I know what you mean about the list of things you didn't get to do. I have a similar list for London, and, in fact, for the entire country of Scotland!

I agree that Ellis Island is an amazing place. The day we went, we took the first or second ferry to the Statue of Liberty. After waiting in the line and climbing to the top (which took a few hours, I guess), we took a ferry to Ellis Island. We had several hours there, but we still caught the last ferry off the island. I do have ancestors who came through Ellis Island, and we got to see the names engraved on the wall. My children had studied Ellis Island in some degree of detail in school, but even with what I thought I knew about the place, I wasn't prepared for its power. My husband felt the same way, and his people didn't come through Ellis.

Bravo!

Thanks for finishing your report; I think it's one of the best NYC reports on this forum.

A wee update - we've just booked our flights for a return visit to NYC in October. The original "four musketeers" will all be travelling plus my two teenage sons.

All police leave is hereby cancelled.

Jim

Great news JJBhoy, for you four and for us. I can hardly wait for your next trip report!! And hopefully some civicminded New Yorker will warn the city fathers, lol. Take care and have fun planning the damage you will do!!

Jim, I just came across your report. Very entertaining! I'm so glad that you enjoyed your visit to my hometown, and that you're coming back with your sons!

Just to say that we will be arriving in New York this Saturday, October 14. I'll try to start work on a fresh trip report as soon as possible after we return.

My thoughts go out to everone caught up in today's events in Manhattan.

Jim

Looking forward to it! Have a great time in NY.

Have another excellent adventure in New York! I can't wait to hear all about it.

Yay!! Wonderful trip report! I think you definately have a good talent for travel writing!! :)

I can write, but travel writing seems to be sooo difficult for me...and add to the fact that I don't keep remember too many details, but rather just the experience.

Jim -

You've brought me to tears three times.

First, choosing Olive Garden, Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood to eat at while in such a great restaurant town. (I understand, though, because I also have friends that prefer chains for their predictability.)

Second, with laughter at your wonderful descriptions of your family and their activities.

Third, for your love for this great city. (I have got to get to Ellis Island.)

Thanks!

For those who wondered what Eddie sounds like (kind of...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TawVFObYjpY

Jim

LOL...I understood 2 things...Holocaust and Donald Duck.

No wonder you've got that pic of the Dalai Lama.
Did you take your sons to NYC? I'm taking my daughters in 4 weeks.

If your party numbers 6 in October, how many bags from Bloomies can you get?

LLindaC,

Yes, we did take the boys to NYC last October. I've actually posted part of a trip report for that visit, although I'm afraid I've let it slip rather - I'm trying to get back to it though.
Here's a link;

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34894494

E_M, we did get more Bloomies bags in October, but I can't recall how many - I let Liz do the talking this time so she probably picked up 30 or 40 :-)

Jim

Bookmarking