Think of New York city and you probably think of a crazy, noisy and busy city!
And you wouldn't be wrong!
But in today's video we're going to show you a different site to New York,
we're going to show you the more tranquil and relaxing places that you can visit,
for a little bit of escape whilst you're here in the city.
We're Marianne and Chris, in 2018 we quit the 9-5 and bought Trudy our camper van.
We are currently on an adventure to drive the circumference of the world.
Welcome to New York!
There is actually snow! But it's too hard to make a snowball - it's frozen.
And you can tell it's going to be one of those days,
because Marianne's following the wrong person!
A big green space that you cannot miss whilst you're in Manhattan,
is Central Park, it is the 5th largest park here in New York city.
In fact we found out that in the five states of New York city,
there are over 1,700 green spaces, parks and recreational playgrounds!
Just here in central park is the Chess and Checkers house,
and in the summer time you can actually go up and ask the attendants for
chess pieces, which they'll let you borrow for free! So you can sit out on a summer's day and play.
Although today my face is completely numb, and i can barely talk!
You know that in the summer, this place would be absolutely packed with people having picnics
and really enjoying the sunshine and the greenery.
So we've arrived at 'Sheep Meadow' it's actually closed for the season,
although it does say the law will reopen for winter activities with snowfall of six inches or more!
With a total of 843 acres here in Central Park,
there is enough space for everybody to come and get a little bit of their own space,
tranquility and enjoy nature here in Central Park.
It's funny every time we change countries or continents,
there are new birds with new sounds!
If you have any idea what that bird is comment below!
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Okay back to the show!
And Marianne finds a dog!
This is a crazy English woman - I'm sorry!
So we're just walking past Times Square, the Brooklyn diner here,
that is a pretty impressive list of customers look!
Matt Damon, LL cool J, ice T, Chris Rock ...
Have you got a marker pen? I can write Tread the Globe!
Add to the list right here!
There's space!
It's funny walking along and just seeing you know you come across the occasional little building,
that's really quaint,
dotted between the skyscrapers and Turnball on Asser
with the Union Jack flag, looking pretty cool.
And that's why we haven't brought Trudy to New York!
If you live in a city, put in the comments below - How much is one hour's parking?
I'm not sure it's that expensive in London? maybe it is now?
And walking around you see really cool graffiti,
in fact this is a graffiti because it's the police station!
It's the 17th precinct police station!
So amongst all these high buildings, we found a little park called Paley Park.
So if you're looking for another little bit of escapism? This wonderful little park with a seating area,
and a wonderful wall that is a waterfall,
just gives you that little bit of relaxation in the heart of Manhattan.
Okay maybe not everything is huge in New York!
That's got to be the smallest police car i've ever seen!
You can literally find anything in New York, including a National debt clock?!
We've come down to the vessel,
down here at the Hudson yard.
It is the main feature down here, this piece of architecture is very very cool.
It is actually closed at the moment to go in,
but if you get the opportunity come down and check it out, because it is an absolutely amazing looking place!
There's basically a series of walkways all going up here, a shining sparkling pine cone?!
So although you can't walk up on all the steps,
you can come into the bottom to have a look at the structure from inside.
The other advantage coming in, there's no wind!
Right next to the vessel is the entrance to the High Line !
Yeah the High Line is another green space that you should visit if you come to Manhattan,
it's a 1.45 mile elevated old railway track that they have converted into a park.
And it was founded in 1999!
Yeah it was created by a group of residents, that wanted to save the railway line and protect it for generations to come.
This whole walkway, was once part of the above ground railway tracks, which you can see.
This is a really great example,
and now it's just a wonderful walk in the park.
It's completely free to get into,
and it's open every day during the winter, from 07.00 until 19.00.
You get to walk the city without the hustle and bustle of the streets or the traffic!
my first thought as we're walking along,
is this would have been the tracks going along here,
and there's these funky old buildings - which you've all seen in the movies,
how cool would that be you can actually imagine the window shuddering and shaking as you're trying to get some sleep!
Walking along you can still see the old train tracks here.
I love how they've left one side to go wild for the nature,
look at that!
There's a sign just over there saying make way for spring!
And as i'm walking along i can actually see the buds coming out all over the park!
If you look closely you can see them all coming out!
How exciting is that? Spring is one of my favorite seasons!
I don't know when your favorite time of the year is? but Spring is definitely one of mine!
Chris and i are walking along and we just can't get over this attraction,
because it is an attraction! Many people come here - it's free!
But it's just such a nice way to walk around the city, because it's so quiet compared to the streets without the traffic.
and this is definitely i would say, probably my favorite quiet spot in the city so far, yeah!
And i love that they've left the tracks in there,
it really incorporates the whole feel of how they've restored it and they're loving it and looking after it.
And that over there is the little island,
which is a fabulously designed stilted garden with an amphitheatre that do regular shows!
We've left the high line and we're starting to wander down
towards the heart of Greenwich village,
and I have to say that the streets here they've got a very different feel there's cobbled streets,
it feels much more relaxed than the other side of Manhattan that we were earlier today.
Although there is a sign that says 'meat packing area'
which makes me slightly nervous because i saw a scary gangster movie based very near here!
So we just jumped into Starbucks just for a quick coffee,
also a great place if you need the toilet because there aren't that many toilets around.
But what makes me laugh is ever since the bagel incident,
every time they ask Marianne what's her name? She says 'Helen'
She's renamed herself to Helen!
It's a thing!
Every time a new name !
Ever since the bagel place, and they ask, they misheard and thought she said - my name's Helen! and they named her!
So we've come down to the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan,
and these are the really cool buildings and apartment blocks that you see on the tv with the steps outside,
the tree-lined streets.
This neighbourhood's got a completely different feel to the rest of Manhattan.
This is how i imagined old parts of New York to look like, very cool.
Just randomly walking around the city, here's another park Abingdon Square!
Another thing that is massively iconic to me,
is these fire escapes with the drop down ladders!
And another movie hotspot location is Carrie Bradshaw's house from 'Sex and the City'
And if you're in Manhattan and New York, that's The Yankees - that is the baseball team of New York!
This iconic street clock, was made in 1909 by Tiffanys
And that is the Flatiron building and right opposite the Flatiron building there's another park!
I have to tell you a funny thing,
I have to confess - when we were going towards the Flatiron building, I asked - What's the Flati Ron ? What's the Flatty Ron? Yeah- i didn't know
We hope you've enjoyed this episode?
If you want to see more of New York ?
You're going to want to check out this video, where we eat our way around Manhattan!