Happy St Paddy

Today is St Patrick's Day, and our plan was to walk to Central Park to view the parade from there.

We set off up Broadway, heading towards Times Square. It was pretty crowded, but quite a fun walk. Alicea was pretty impressed that when we got to Times Square, the top ad on the huge video screen billboard was for the Prudential!

We found somewhere for breakfast where I had an omellette and Alicea had scrambled eggs and we then walked through Central Park, emerging to look at the Dakota building, where John Lennon was shot.

We then walked up to the Museum of Natural History, ostensibly to use their toilets and to buy some camera batteries, but we decided that we would try and fit in a visit tomorrow.

We then walked back through the Park, taking in Strawberry Fields, an area dedicated to John Lennon, to 5th Avenue where the parade was due to go past. It was really cold, so we popped into a café in the Park for a drink and then returned to the parade route.

The parade itself was really impressive, with loads of pipe bands, soldiers, marines, police, firemen and local schools represented. Two hours later they were still going past!

Alicea was getting really cold so we decided to get some lunch. We went back to Grand Central Station to a restaurant situated un one of the balconies. From there, we went back to Times Square and booked a ticket for a Broadway show for tomorrow night.

Then we went to Macy's which is vast! I sat around while Alicea went clothes shopping.

From there it was back to the hotel to drop everything off and Alicea then went to get her nails done.

Once she gets back we'll decide what we are going to do for dinner.