They do proper big breakfasts and homestyle cookingthe like of which Adny was dreaming about. You could have choked a donkey on the pancakes that he got with a punnet of strawberries and a banana grove or two thrown in for good measure!
It was a proper brekkie and now nearly 10 hours later I'm still not hungry. My omlette I'm sure had at least a battery farms worth of eggs in its construction. This was industrial grade delicious food at a ridcilously low price. Yum!
Then we set back out on the journey and stopped in a little town called Red Bank in New Jersey to visit a mecca of sorts for film geeks and comic nerds. Jay and bobs secret stash is the comic book shop that others aspire to. I was expecting a few comics, overpriced merchandise and rude staff. I found a massive store full of cool things and displays (yes actual displays ) from the films, lotsa comics and a counter jockey who was funny, knowledgable, and signed not one but two slips of paper with personal messages for those back home who were unable to make it!
If you ever find yourself in NJ drop in because the atmosphere there was just lovely. it was a nice town as well with an actual town centre not just a bunch of shops on the outskirts.
From there it was time to get back on the motorway through the hilarity of rush hour new york traffic (mostly going the other way thank god) and to Jersey city which is within spitting distance of manhatten. We are actually in the hotel which is the last building before the Holland tunnel! We are that close!
Then the breakfast having been a dim and happy memory we headed into manhatten. We had to take the PATH train under the hudson, with a train guard who looked like he could go a few rounds with any heavyweight contender but had about 20 Star Trek communicators attached to his hat!
We walked out of the PATH train into the madness of manhatten on a weekday evening. If you've never been try to imagine a scrum pushing in seventeen directions at once comprised of several thousand people. And thats on a slow day.
We headed north to a place we'd been when we were last here and had happy memories of. The time square brewery however was not to be found at any place or price. We think its been taken over and turned into a shoe store which, to be frank, is a tragedy! However we did find the Heartland brewerywhich did good food and beer (both expensive) which made for a suitable repast.
They make all their own beers on site and they range from a lovely coffee stout to a lager with had aromatic hints of citrus, delicous.
We had the sample tray of six different types of beers so got to try them all. One guy there, not with us, knew exactly what he wanted and got the 'godess' size glass which holds I think we worked out to about 6 pints!! Watching him hoist this vase high and start guzzling the contents I felt a strong sense of pride and not a little worried for his morning after!
We walked back down to 33rd street and took about 30 mins to find the correct entrance for the station we needed. (32nd and 6th for future reference)
Andy and Llion had talked in vauge terms before we came here about possibly taking Moby (our car) through the streets of Manhatten in the wee hours just so they could say we'd done it.
After reminding ourselves how most people in manhatten have to drive I think we've sensibly nixed that plan.
The hotel is a 15 min walk from the PATH station and it feels like its the right place to be with a car. If didn't have the car the main island would be the place to be but this is an entirely resonable alternative. The bedsare soft and huge, the staff seem nice and so far its been positive! lets see what tomorrow brings.
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