On our final day in New York, we fulfilled one of Shaun's dreams - to eat at a buffet restaurant in every country in the world. So we went to an all-you-can-eat breakfast, which was better than it sounds. There was lots of fresh fruit, bacon, pancakes, french toast, bagels, scrambled egg etc.
After this feast, we went to the Toys'r'us store in Times Square, which has a 60 foot ferris wheel that you can ride on, as well as a giant moving T Rex; lego statues of King Kong, a Yankees cap and the Empire State Building; a giant 2 story Barbie house full of Barbie merchandise, and about a million other toys. Amazingly we left without making a purchase.
We then headed to the UN Headquarters, where all the member's flags were flying outside, we managed to spot the NZ flag which was very exciting. There is a park next door that has statues in it, including a giant statue of St John (?) slaying the dragon. Across the road there was a peaceful protest taking place, but we couldn't work out what they were protesting about because all the signs were in Chinese.
We went to see St Patricks Cathedral, at which point the heavens opened and we got drenched - saved by the man who started selling umbrellas on the side of the road.
After this we headed to the airport to catch our flight.
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Isn't it St George and the dragon???? - but I thought that was English, so why it would be in NY I have no idea, so perhaps there was more than one dragon that got slain....
We weren't too sure about the name, hence the question mark, but there is definitely a statue there.
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