Griswold’s Road Trip

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Ice rink in the National Sculpture Garden.

 

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On the New York for the final stop of the trip. Stopped off for lunch at Farmer and the Cow in Wilmington, Delaware. Shared the Farmer and the Bao burger with Ellen (not on a Bao more about the filling) and it was delicious with a nice amount of spice.

 

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After some discussion the plan was to drop the rest of the Griswold’s off with the luggage in midtown manhattan and then drop the car back to JFK, with Clark going solo for that part and returning on the train.

So that’s what happened, when we go to the hotel the loading zone out the front was choked with buses however miraculously a park appeared about ten metres after just as we were preparing to double park. Bags dropped off and checked in and then Clark was off on his first and likely last time driving through Manhattan.



Traffic was pretty heavy on the way, with the trip taking about 40 minutes more than normal according to what I had looked at before. Car topped up with fuel, returned without trouble at JFK and then airtrain / Long Island rail road back to Penn Station which is a couple of blocks from the hotel.

Walked past Madison Square Garden from Penn where we will be taking in a Knicks game before joining the Griswold’s at the hotel as they were finishing up their dinners.

4736 miles driven according to the receipt from Avis.

 

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A chilly day wandering around some of the sights. Times Square, Rockefeller Ice Rink, Saks 5th Avenue.

 

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NYC public library

 

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Empire State Building.

 

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Followed by lunch at Keens Chophouse which a friend recommended to us.

Smoked thick cut bacon followed by tbone Bistecca style with roasted seasonal vegetables and a nice Malbec.

 

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A snowy day today in NYC, more forecast for tomorrow.

 

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A night at the Knicks who unfortunately lost to the Suns. On the plus side both Audrey’s made it through the entire game which is a new experience for nighttime sport, with only Audrey Jnr losing interest in the last five minutes. That and she didn’t get any tshirts from the tshirt cannons. She did appear on the giant screen at one stage so there is no pleasing some people!

 

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Kids might like Roosevelt Island cablecar, its a bit of a fun ride as well as movie cred, from the Spiderman movie, Spidey had to hold the cars up in the battle with green Goblin.
Also Ghostbusters firehouse, Seinfeld, Gossip Girl, Men in Black, Home Alone, Superman, Friends and many other movie locations. Not exciting but you can see them.