We arrived Wednesday afternoon, met John (Christos' buddy) and the doorman of the building on the Upper East Side (so he would let us in!) before heading off for a walk down from 96th to 60th and then back to 96th, weaving along 3rd, Lex and Park. Lisa was bagged by the time we got back and went in for a nap which turned out to be down for the count so she passed on dinner with John. Christos and John went off to a local Irish Pub for a few pints of Guinness and local pub fare.
The next day was rainy and Lisa was really unwell so after a short walk and lunch, we decided to stay in for the rest of the afternoon watching TV and reading. The rain really picked up and it was coming down Cats and Dogs when Christos rushed off to the local deli to get Lisa some soup (she was still quite unwell) and a bite for himself. Fortunately, the downpour ended some time during the night.
Our last day (Friday) was wonderful! Lisa was 99% better, the sky was a cloudless blue and the temperature in the low teens Celsius, just the right weather for walking! 
So off we went on a six hour walk! We started with a stroll from 96th down to 60th to take the Roosevelt Island Tram over to Roosevelt Island just for the views! When we got back to Manhattan, we strolled down to Grand Central and then hopped on the subway down (Lisa's first time on the NYC subway!) to Canal street.
We emerged into Chinatown, wandered through it to Little Italy then to SoHo and finally found ourselves at the 9/11 Memorial.After buying a self published book from a local author, we jumped on the train around 4:30PM and took the Express back uptown, arriving back at John's before 5PM!
We had a good Italian dinner out with John and his lovely wife Lynn before heading back to the apartment for an early night and flight back to Toronto the next afternoon.
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