First few days in Manhattan

On Monday we started the week off with a Hop on Hop Off Buss tour. We did the Downtown part of the tour, had lunch at Hard Rock Cafe, and realised I had lost our tickets. They couldn't reprint our tickets so we never did the uptown portion :-( We decided to do the Empire State Building instead. It was pretty great! Love the architecture of the building. Afterwards we got some Starbucks and took a look at Central Park!

Tuesday morning we had our first NY bagels for breakfast! Had mine with smoked salmon and cream cheese.... absolutely yummy and they are NOT shy with the salmon or cream cheese! Afterwards we headed for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Some breathtaking views from and to the statue! The previous day on the bus, the tour guide told us how to get free tickets for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah... seeing as we're South African he thought we might want to go! Well we tried our luck and it worked! We got super lucky, there must have been some sort of cancellation, and we got tickets! It was super exciting to be part of the studio audience and see how these things are filmed. It was also very surreal to see Trevor as such a celebrity, when we still remember seeing his shows in Joburg not so long ago when he was still only a local star! Tuesday the 31st also marked 9 months with the new new lungs... what a privilege to be able to celebrate here!