A Fairytale in New York Christmas 2016 - Day 9 5th Avenue, Library And Times Square

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The day started as usual with breakfast in the hotel. Waffles for O!

And my favourite cinnamon bagel!

We headed out to 5th Avenue. Even at 10 am it was packed. First port of call was Uniqlo. J managed to find a coat and some tops. We also had a Starbucks.

We continued down, popping into a few shops. Nothing caught our eye and it was horribly packed.

We changed avenues onto Madison which was far more easy to navigate.

Lunch was in another deli. Both kids had teriyaki salmon. J had some noodles. I just picked from everybody's plate It was a reasonable $26

We then went to the public library. O would have stayed here hours!

It really is a spectacular place. Though the tourists must drive the actual library users crazy!

O was getting a bit bored so we decided J would take him back to the hotel and F and I would go to Times Square.

It was heaving. They were getting everything ready for New Year's Eve. There were reporters doing segments, lots of stages being built and just generally it was packed.

We had wanted to go to M&M store and Hershey's but there were queues to get in! We were not that desperate.

It was really not a pleasant experience and we soon decided to go back to the hotel.

After a rest at the hotel (well I did the washing! ) we headed back out to Astoria where we revisited the same diner as yesterday.

J and F had the same and O and I had veggie burgers and fries.

The overhead rail track just stops here - suddenly. We didn't quite expect that.

A bit of a bitty day - lacked a plan really.

Numbers of the day: 20,657 (about 15.5km)
Subway rides: 5