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New York Adventures 2007-2008

My first Christmas and New Years in New York, starring Lily O'Neill, Caitlin Tierney, Nick Sheridan, Meribah Rose, and others. Lucky I live in New York... I can't imagine anyone making the trip just to see me. Most of the organising for this was very last-minute, but we made the most of it. It was kinda weird, but also very cool to spend the Christmas/New Year period with a huge group of Australians in New York, of all places.

Christmas day in the big apple. Lily arrived on a flight the previous night and was severely jet-lagged. Here we observe that she has crossed the road. This wouldn't ordinarily be a problem except that we weren't supposed to cross the road, at least not to where she is. (She's the one in the green jacket)

We began our adventures with a lovely Christmas lunch at Jean Georges

Walking down 5th Avenue on a very busy Christmas evening.

It was very crowded. Luckily, we had Nick with us. Although the average height in the US is much higher than most countries in Latin America, Nick still stands out a little and is easy to spot in a crowd. Can you spot him?

The Rockerfeller centre...

A church, opposite the Rockerfeller centre.

Holy water...

'twas a cold Christmas evening.

A giant Christmas tree in front of the Rockerfeller centre. There is an ice skating rink nearby, but the crowd was too dense to move close to it.

Though not as impressive as the lights that adorn the sides of buildings in Hong Kong, midtown New York did make a comendable effort.

...and, in case anyone wanted a hot dog, or some roasted cashews...

This was just a little bit wrong... so naturally, I took a photo.

Lily and Caitlin observe Times Square for the first time...

Walking around the East Village, we spotted this 'modified' streetsign.

We stumbled into an Irish pub and had a few drinks...

This was a common sight during the holiday period... me sniping with my camera. Nick is probably smiling because he knows that he's not got my camera pointed at him.

For Boxing day, the girls went shopping and me and Nick decided to visit the American Museum of Natural History on what is probably one of its busiest days of the year.

oohhh... pretty rocks.

more pretty rocks. Those who have followed danielyeow.com closely will know that I've already been to this museum, but only got to see a small portion of it. During this trip, I tried to 'fill in the gaps'.