We got into Newark airport late evening (about midnight UK time) by the time we got to our hotel - The William, East 39th Street, it was around 1:30am UK time so we grabbed a Starbucks and then went to bed!
The William
We woke early on our first day (around 5:40am local time - 10:40am UK time) and got ready. We went for a stroll and all the British accents around us confirmed that we weren't the only ones up early!
Times Square wasn't too busy at that time. We hadn't eaten since around 10:30pm UK time on the plane (5:30pm USA time) the day before so we were really hungry!
We found an Applebee's. I had a good old British tea! Hubs had a breakfast with bacon, eggs and pancakes, his first time having sweet pancakes with bacon and he was pleasantly surprised! I went for a veggie omelette which came with mini potato fries. We then wandered around and hubs got approached and harassed by a few men trying to sell him a CD. They would not leave him alone, even swearing at him whilst he kept saying no!
We decided to go for a walk out of Times Square and discovered Central Park wasn't too far. We wandered around Central Park, found a boating lake, the Alice in Wonderland statue and a baseball game! We thoroughly enjoyed Central Park.
Once we had walked until our legs had started to ache, we made our way out of the park and started walking back. We found a 5 floor Victoria Secret, which I had to go in! I love their workout clothes and they did not disappoint!
We stopped off for a Starbucks hot sandwich each and a drink - a necessary refuel!
Successful shopping visit later, and we were on our way again... hubs checked on his phone and suggested we walk down to the biggest camera shop in the world - B&H. He is a keen photographer and had been on their website regularly leading up to our trip!
This was a few blocks still from where we were so we carried on walking. He bought what he needed then we headed to the Port of Authority. We knew we wanted to go to Woodbury Common probably the next day, and wanted to check the bus schedule for it and if possible, to buy a ticket in advance.
We were so tired and achy by this point - over 27,000 steps done and 18km covered! We headed back to our hotel and I had a nap whilst he uploaded his photos from the day onto his laptop.
We got ready and headed for dinner. Times Square was ridiculously busy, so crowded we could barely move! We decided to go to the Hard Rock Cafe but with over an hours waiting time for the table, we changed our minds! Planet Hollywood came to our rescue and we enjoyed a lovely meal there instead! I had chicken fajitas and he had a New York strip steak, both washed down with their Matrix cocktail - amazing!
Both suitably full and content (and still aching!) we wandered back to our hotel and got a Starbucks hot chocolate on the way - what a perfect end to our first day!
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