Penne pasta pizza

We headed off the same way as yesterday but firstly met Leanne and Markus... Upon arriving in NY Penn we purchased a lovely Starbucks to start the day. I had an frappucino caffé espresso. We headed towards the Empire State Building, coffee in hand and after seeing the queue, decided a queue jumping ticket would be best! This included a ride on the Sky Ride. I wouldn't recommend this, although the three 'briefing chambers' were pretty informative, giving you a tour around the best sights in Manhattan and the history of the Empire State Building. The ride itself was a tacky motion ride which made us all feel sick. Once the ride was over there was a quick elevator ride to the 86th floor of the Empire State Building for amazing views of Manhattan and beyond! Many photos later we made the descent back to ground level and walked to Grand Central station. A lot grander than I had imagined it to be!! We caught the Subway from here to Central Park when I got off the subway train we walked past the driver who was smiling at me and said 'you look beautiful have a lovely day' :) on the way in we grabbed a hot dog from a street vendor which was the craziest thing I've seen! He served about 10 meals in 1 min ... In Central Park we explored the central area. We saw the Turtle Pond, Shakespeare's Garden, the famous fountain and the Alice in Wonderland section and finally the smaller pond which becomes the ice rink in winter, we walked out via the main entrance and the benches! Unbelievably pretty ^__^... We then made our way across to Times Square again for Leanne and Markus. I got another Starbucks, this time a lovely iced mocha with whipped cream. I sipped it slowly whilst sat on the red steps, watching the world around me. Next stop, the subway to Whitehall to get a ferry to Staten Island to see the Statue of Liberty... this ferry is free, although it doesn't take you as close as the paid tours it's still pretty close, definitely worth doing if you're on a tight budget. After this me and Amy parted paths with Leanne and Markus and went back to the Meatpacking district! We walked underneath the high line to find the Brass Monkey bar... After getting lost we jumped back on the high line until we could see it, got back down and entered via the street. Finishing the long day with two Blue Moons on the rooftop terrace... ONE WORD.. BEAUTIFUL. After sipping our beers we headed back through the Meatpacking district to the Subway but not before stopping for a NY slice on the way, what flavour did I have I hear you ask? Why, penne pasta of course. Yes, that's right a PENNE PASTA PIZZA! I guess anything is possible here.