After exploring 'Uptown' yesterday, it was 'Downtown' Manhattan today and although not nearly as glamorous, it was an eye opener and a chance to watch the locals going about their daily business, and we had a coffee at Maccas. The shops were not classy and the traffic was chaotic and they certainly love their sirens and horns!!!! We found our way to Macy's in Herald Square – this is one of the largest stores in the world, has 10 levels of fashion and homewares and has over 2 million square feet of retail space!!!…. but we were disappointed as they weren't 'on sale'. I did, however, manage to buy a little something for the birthday girl.
Trivia: The original owner of Macy's, Isador Straus, died in the Titanic, along with his wife, Ida.
Now that we had the gift, the next job was to find the post office and try to send the package…. After getting directions we thought we had got lucky, but with automatic parcel mailing machines too difficult to work out, and the queues for counter service a mile long, we took our little parcel home to the ship, for posting another day.
After doing some necessary 'liquid shopping', it was time to return to the ship - 20,000 steps again today!! It certainly is a unique, cosmopolitan, vibrant and totally exciting city which never closes and never ceases to amaze us…. Looking forward to returning one day.
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