Enjoy Times Square with Families

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Times Square is an instantly recognisable landmark in New York even for people who haven’t been there, with all the advertising billboards it is featured in many movies and TV shows. Kids will generally love the hustle and bustle is something always going on night and day, when our family was there recently we saw [...]

Life is like a box of chocolates

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Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is a family friendly seafood restaurant chain inspired by the 1994 Tom Hanks film Forrest Gump. If you can remember the part of the film set during the Vietnam war, Forrest Gump and his friend Bubba decided to go into the shrimping business. Forrest bought a boat which he named “Jenny [...]

To the squirrels we talk

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“Central Park New York – to the squirrel’s we talk”. Any parent of young children should instantly recognise the lyrics to this wiggles song about this fantastic park in New York.. Central Park is a massive 843 acres running north-south from 59th to 110th street and between 5th and 8th Avenue and the best way [...]

Hopping on a bus in New York

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Hop On Hop off buses have long be a favorite of mine since I first used them in Europe 15 years ago, most big cities now have them and New York is no exception. Now that I am travelling with young kids these have become even more valuable, what I like to do is sit [...]

50 New York City Walks with Kids

City walks with Kids is a fantastic concept, basically this is a series of 50 different cards each containing walks designed for families to discover New York. Each of the cards contain an cartoon map on one side that lists subway and bus information and the other side has detailed instructions about the walk and [...]

Journey to the Top of the Rock

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No skyline view of New York would be complete without the iconic Empire States Building. This is generally the first place many visitors head for and is bound to leave you disappointed as this is the only place in NYC that you cannot see the Empire state Building. A better alternative is to visit the [...]

A Day at the Museum in New York

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The American Museum of Natural History is in an excellent location in the centre of New York bordering central park. The museum is instantly recognisable as the location of the hit Ben Stiller kids movie A Night at the Museum. Our family visited in September this year and the kids loved digging for fossils at [...]