Trip to New York

Right after Christmas we left by train for a four day trip to New York. After three trips to the Big Apple in 2013 we hadn't been there at all in 2014 and this was the last chance to see Christian before his return to Munich in January.
When we arrived in the early afternoon we first relaxed a bit in his apartment and Mia showed some of her games she got for Christmas

Then we walked to a nice playground by the Hudson river we remembered from a previous trip

From there we could also enjoy a beautiful sunset

The next day we stopped at Bryant park bu the line for ice skating there was too long and Mia just did the carousel

After this we headed to Read Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn by subway, shoulder - for Mia - and ferry for a late lunch at a crab house there

 We really liked the place

 Christian and Ji ennjoyed all the seafood and Mia liked the ice cream

Back in Manhattan we did some ice skating at the South Street seaport next to Christian's place

Sunday afternoon we watched the Norwegian Breakaway - the ship we took for a cruise a year ago - pass on the Hudson river from Christian's place and then moved to a hotel in TriBeCa

 Diner was Shezuan in the East Village

 Monday we checked out a Firefighter Museum

and the FAO Schawartz toy store which had some live demos

We enjoyed the evening streets and headed for little Italy for dinner

Luckily a street vendor for Cannelloni recommended a good restaurant

 The food was good and there was even some live music

 The last day we went on top of the Rockefeller Center to enjoy the view

 It was a bit cold but pretty nice