Exploring Fifth Avenue to Flatiron
Hit the streets of NY, on the one day self-guided walk from midtown Manhattan to Flatiron district. Exploring the most fabulous street stretching from the top to bottom of 5th Avenue.


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| Bikes and Snow in NYC |
Still awake at 7:00am we wandered around the hotel and went to the free breakfast included in our room price. Awesome way to start the day, we lounged around feeling rather zoned out but ready to dive in. Eager to stay awake and slog through the time zone we stepped out at 9:00am straight up 40th crossing over 8th to Bryant park. We watched the ice skaters showing off. So satisfying to watch! Like watching seals playing on rocks. Don’t know why? 
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| New York State Library |
We played in the snow in Bryant Park, and took off to the New York State Library, which was sadly closed until 1pm as it was Sunday. 
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| Madison Square park |
Many, many blocks later we finally reached Madison Square Park where was watched cute squirrels burying food in the snow. The streets were very quiet and a fabulous way to get our bearings. We took awesome photos of the Flatiron building directly opposite. My most favourite building ever!  
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| Flatiron Building NYC |
We started walking back up 5th Avenue taking in the view of the Empire State Building all the way to Grand Central Station. We found a T mobile shop along the way and dropped to to get our phones sorted. We bought 4 prepaid sim cards for 40US each. This included 1 month plan of 3gb of data, unlimited texts and calls. (no international). Phones set up awe continued walking past all the gorgeous shops including Zara on 5th, north of the library. Lots of things were on sale and half the price of Australia (of course!) We made some great purchases and were still way ahead even with the bad Australian dollar conversion. Hubby feeling rather cold by now we went on the hunt for a beanie and gloves dropping into H & M and Forever 21; awesome selection of stuff and cheaper than Australia yet again. Forever 21, located in Times Square was three stories. The entry level was very unwelcoming, but as we went down the escalators the set out was lovely. So much to look at.  
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| Grand Central Station |
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| Grand Central Station |
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| Grand Central Station |
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| St Patrick's Church Manhattan |
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| Central Park NYC |
Finally making it to central park and taking in the view of the fabulous Plaza hotel we realised our exhaustion had finally set in. Dragging our tired feet back down 5th and meandering all the way to the Rockefeller Centre where we watched the ice skaters prancing, falling or not moving at all for ages. So entertaining! It was 4:00pm now and light was fading fast as was the temperature. We decided to head home to drop off our goodies.   We relaxed in our room but realised we may fall asleep so headed out for dinner.
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| Shack Shack Times Square |
Thought I'd finish with my favourite building!
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