New York 24th & 25th November 2015

We went through to Central Park upper west side. As we were walking through we could hear a marching band so we followed the sound and there was a high school band doing their dress rehearsal for the Macy's thanksgiving parade. They were excellent and what an atmosphere. We then went to see Strawberry fields the tribute area to John Lennon, it is lovely. We then went shopping in Century 21. Jumped back on the metro and went for lunch at The edge of Hells Kitchen.  Went home to get ready for Stevie Wonder concert. Jumped the metro to Madison Square Gardens what a venue, got in found our s acts I was ecstatic we were only about 100 feet from his piano. I had a lovely young guy sitting next to me he was from California but now working in New York as a civil engineer. Stevie came on at 8.30 and performed until 12.20 with a 15 minute break the man is a legend. His voice still sounds fabulous and what a personality he is. He brought his 4 youngest children on stage the two little girls were just adorable his two older boys were just joe cool. It was a great concert and I had to keep pinching myself how lucky I was. By the time we got back to the hotel it was about 1.30am and then we were up early to catch the metro to Coney Island unfortunately when we got there the amusement park was closed for the season. We walked along the boardwalk and the sun was shining it was a beautiful day. We went into the NY Aquarium just in time to see the Sea Lion show they were funny. We saw sharks and lots of other fishes. Arthur enjoyed it although I'm sure he would rather have been catching them. We came back to 42nd Avenue and went to the Christmas Market at Bryant Park where I tasted a hot pretzel delicious it was. We came back Arthur went back to the hotel and I went shopping. having an early night as we have the thanksgiving parade tomorrow.