Hotel, flights sorted next problem is what to do - 7 days

Not for Tourists has%26#39;t arrived yet so I%26#39;m trying to come up with a list of things to do. 7 days is a lot of time to fill.

Last time we did TOTR, Ellis Island, Helicopter, UN, BAG (central park), Met, Ground Zero, St Pauls, Brooklyn Bridge plus a couple of shows - and shopping.

On the list for this time is Brooklyn Bridge again, ice skating, ESB, mass at St Patricks, Rent and frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity. We%26#39;ll probably head to Chinatown too.

Was thinking of the SATC tour, not that we%26#39;re big fans but more that it takes in a lot of different parts of the city?

Any suggestions very welcome

Hotel, flights sorted next problem is what to do - 7 days

Grand Central Terminal - free tours

Wednesdays 鈥?12:30 PM

The Municipal Arts Society sponsors a tour every Wednesday at 12:30 PM. Meet their tour guide at the center information booth on the Main Concourse.

Fridays - 12:30 PM

The Grand Central Partnership sponsors a free 90-minute walking tour of Grand Central Terminal and the surrounding neighborhood, with the generous support of Altria Group. The tour meets in the Sculpture Court of the Whitney Museum at Altria on East 42nd Street across from Grand Central. For more information on this tour call (212) 883-2420 or visit www.grandcentralpartnership.

How about the Lower East and The Tenement Museum? They also have a walking tour:

www.tenement.org

Brooklyn? Brooklyn Museum, Botanical Garden, Prospect Park, Park Slope, The Heights, Dumbo, just great.

Tour of Yankee Stadium?

There are so many museums here, sure to be something else that interests you. Here is a list:

http://www.ny.com/museums/all.museums.html

There are always new shows to see, concerts, lectures, comedy clubs, don%26#39;t forget to pick up a copy of Time Out NY, a wealth of info.

Also, this website is quite extensive about NYC events:

www.twy-ny.com

You could always apply for a BAG again to see a new area.

Riverside Church, St John the Divine, Grant%26#39;s Tomb %26amp; Columbia Campus would make a nice day, or some time in Harlem.

Hotel, flights sorted next problem is what to do - 7 days

The great thing about having seven days is that you can truly enjoy everything you do instead of rushing. Here are a couple of more ideas off the top of my head:

Another museum such as MOMA, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, or the Frick Museum.

Exploring Greenwich Village, UWS, UES.

Exploring another borough. Did you spend time in Brooklyn when you walked the bridge? Explore Queens?

Spend an afternoon in Central Park (you can never see this too many times!)

A bus tour. If you do not like SATC, there are plenty of other tours.

Thanks guys. I%26#39;ve been reading the Go lists for more ideas. It will be good to have more time, hopefully we%26#39;ll be blessed with the weather again but even if its cold it won%26#39;t stop us.

Was thinking of doing Harlem or Brooklyn for a day. Some guidebooks just have Manhattan which is a shame when there%26#39;s so much more to the city.

Just 2 weeks to go, this time 2 weeks I%26#39;ll be somewhere over the Atlantic! yippee!

athtrasna--I can%26#39;t remember--do you have the ';City Walks: New York'; cards? If not, consider buying them. Each walk is no more than a mile in length and most walks start and end at a subway stop. I found that the cards encouraged us to explore neighborhoods that we might not thought to visit otherwise.

Are you Seinfeld fans? The ';real'; Kenny Kramer gives a tour in a comfy, clean bus of the city and goes by all the places seen in the TV show, plus tells you about how the show came to be made, his friendship with Larry David, etc. You need reservations: www.kennykramer.com Or I can highly recommend the Marvelous Manhattan Tour which will also go thru areas such as Harlam, meatpacking district, upper east side, plus many of the main attractions. He gives such detailed history of the boroughs, and a good tour through GCS. Have you been the Metropolitan Museum of Art? It is great, with a wonderful gift shop. There is a tour of Lincoln Center that I enjoyed, with a chance to go into each of the 3 theaters and possibly see or hear a performance during rehearsals. If you are readers, go visit the Strand Bookstore on Broadway! It is fabulous. I could have spent an entire afternoon there. I am sure you will end up with plenty of ideas for even the following visit!

Some great new stuff there, and I%26#39;ll definitely get those walk cards. 13 sleeps to go!

Not for Tourists and City Walks both arrived this morning, what a fun evening I%26#39;m going to have! Love the size of NFT, perfect!

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