Day 12

Day 12 - This is our last full day in New York!  After breakfast I convince Gordy that I need an extra woolly jumper as it’s suddenly turned a bit cooler – a LOT cooler!  After a ‘brief’ shopping venture we went back to the hotel to pack then took our suitcases (now numbering three) down to Penn Station to lodge for overnight transport to Boston.  We only have overnight bags now, which will make it a lot easier.  On our way back from Penn Station there are SOOOO many people out and about and police have now set up barricades so we can’t walk down Broadway.The place is bedlam….I can only imagine what it’s going to be like tonight.  Just as all the traders come out with huge stocks of umbrellas as soon as a drop of rain falls, so they suddenly start appearing with huge boxes of pizzas! There is obviously going to be a lot of hungry, COLD, thirsty people out in Times Square tonight….good luck to them… I couldn’t think of anything worse!   We stop at Figaro, diagonally across from the Sofitel on the way home as we haven’t eaten since breakfast.  Good house wine and hearty pasta but don’t try to go there …. tonight is there final trading night as their lease is up, after 20 years, and their landlord now wants $43,000 per month!  Such as shame L

Back in our room we are ready for NYE and meet up with a couple we have become friends with from our Saturday morning walks for drinks.  Our booking for dinner is 9.00pm and the five course meal is fabulous!   

The mood is not particularly festive however we meet an interesting man from Mexico who consults on major hotel chains around the world, including the Sofitel.  And so we toast the new year in and farewell New York…..

At the hotel

It's a bit chilly!

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