Final Day Fun

Oct 17th. Well it has finally arrived - the last day of the World Tour 2007. I head into town with a new friend I made the previous day - Michelle from Oz with the purpose of doing a bit of shopping and wandering aimlessly around. We start out having a look at Macy's - the biggest store in the World - 1 block and 9 storeys - it really is huge and looks big from the top of the Empire State Building. We are in search of some trainers (sneakers) for her and some baseball caps for me and maybe some tourist crap to take home. After successfully getting what we wanted, we head to lunch and Michelle bursts out laughing as Shrek and a Camera crew walk past the window behind me. We head off 'Shrek hunting' and find him immediately in Times Square and he is kind enough to pose for some pictures inbetween filming something. Also we get some pics with NY policemen - They were happy to pose for the camera but when I suggested they pretend to Arrest Michelle, they weren't as amused. After some wanderings we end up in Starbucks where I have a Strawberry Mocha Latte Crapachino or something like that and am delighted to find someones hair in it - The serving girls look scared as they are expecting me to pull out a DIY lawsuit from my pocket but I settle for another beverage. After this we head back to the hostel so I can pick up my bags, have a final cup of tea and then after saying our goodbyes, I get the subway to the Airport. This is about Rush hour and brings back 'happy' memories of the Tube in London - It was a pleasant 2 hours with my bags but I finally get to the airport with 2 1/2 hours to spare.
Pictures (Left) - Shrek and I in Times Square, (Right) - Michelle with NY's finest, (Bottom) - 'chelle and I sporting our Baseball Caps in Starbucks