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Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:33 pm
by pooky
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:33 am
by Flutterby
Pumbaa wrote:Lovely variety of pastries and cake in that bakery, Flutterby
I am sure you had a more than delicious time in tasting some of them
Yes we did!
Richprins wrote:Another Italian family business!
Interesting, Flutts, and you would make a gorgeous President!
Didn't know there was a wax museum there, but good likenesses, some?
Ja, the waxworks weren't bad, just too expensive!
The cakes were yummy!
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:19 pm
by Flutterby
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 6:19 pm
by Richprins
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 7:37 am
by Pumbaa
Great night shots and the view from above is for sure stunning, Flutterby,
although must say that it sounds extreme expensive to visit New York
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:45 am
by pooky
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 2:16 pm
by Mel
Empire State at sunset and nightfall is the bestest! And what great photos you took! What's your secret for not getting them all blurred?
Must say the Italian New Yorker fraction seems to be a bit crazy... fairy lights decorated like Christmas, but tables on the sidewalks like summer,
and all of that end of April when it's still rather cold.
I found prices for alcohol quite steep in general. Even a beer is pretty expensive.
Makes you live healthy while inhaling all the pollution.
And $40 per person for Madame Tussaud's is a rip off in itself. Even if there had been a large variety of good wax figures... But Beyoncé certainly
isn't well done. Looks totally artificial. The others shown here are okay though. Morgan Freeman even looks at you.
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:11 pm
by nan
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:45 am
by Flutterby
A novel idea - enticing tourists to spend their money!
Don't think they could handle load shedding there!
Pumbaa wrote:Great night shots and the view from above is for sure stunning, Flutterby,
although must say that it sounds extreme expensive to visit New York
Thanks Pumbaa! Our Rand is the problem, so probably not so bad for Europeans to visit.
Thanks pooky.
Re: Into the Madding Crowds!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:48 am
by Flutterby
Mel wrote:Empire State at sunset and nightfall is the bestest! And what great photos you took! What's your secret for not getting them all blurred?
Must say the Italian New Yorker fraction seems to be a bit crazy... fairy lights decorated like Christmas, but tables on the sidewalks like summer,
and all of that end of April when it's still rather cold.
I found prices for alcohol quite steep in general. Even a beer is pretty expensive.
Makes you live healthy while inhaling all the pollution.
And $40 per person for Madame Tussaud's is a rip off in itself. Even if there had been a large variety of good wax figures... But Beyoncé certainly
isn't well done. Looks totally artificial. The others shown here are okay though. Morgan Freeman even looks at you.
The photos were pure luck Mel!
The sidewalk tables in Little Italy were all empty - still way too cold to sit outside at night!
The waxworks often look worse in photos as they look all shiny. Anyway, I've done it in London and NY...no need to do it again!
Thanks nan - we did see Marilyn but no pics.