Our last full day in New York was totally unplanned and having seen some of the bigger sites like the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty already we decided to do some “mopping up” of some of the sights we hadn’t seen by taking an open top bus tour of Downtown Manhattan.
These bus tours are always really busy and often not great, but they are the easiest way to see most of the sights in a city really quickly and that’s exactly what we did.
It took us through all of the districts we hadn’t seen yet like Greenwich Village 
, Little Italy and East Village . We saw Wall Street , Macy’s , the Brooklyn Bridge , Ground Zero , The Waldorf Astoria and most of Broadway . I think we can say we’ve done New York (or Manhattan Island at least) quite comprehensively. The photos aren’t great but remember they were taken from inside a moving bus!
After saying goodbye to Scott who flew home today, we spent our evening watching ‘The Lion King’ on Broadway. I know it’s a bit cheesy but we’ve seen it in London too and it really is an amazing spectacle. The sets, costumes, puppetry and special effects are just so clever and the cast were excellent, from the great comic actors that play Zazu and Timone to the very talented singers who played Simba and Nala. I imagine the standing ovation they got was a nightly occurrence but it was thoroughly deserved.