New York - Highline, West Village, SoHo

Well, 30,740 steps according to my trusty pedometer. Feet feel somewhat tired but not as tired as they have been...so probably not the most steps we have taken but some solid exercise nonetheless.

Started the day off with a move of rooms...our first room was a frag on the noisy side as we were facing the road and there was some jackhammering and street noise. So, our friendly hotel people changed us to a room facing the interior of the building.

Once that was sorted, we headed down to W34th street, about 20 minutes and a breakfast was waiting for us at the Skylight Diner. I had steak - not often I have steak in the morning but what the hey, and it was the rawest steak I have eaten...well, I ate most of it. Not the best, but the veg and toast was really nice. Samantha had corn beef hash, which was similar to the northern corn beef and potatoe pies that are made, and bloody delicious.

After filling up we headed to the start of the new section of the Highline. The Highline used to be an elevated rail line for freight in New York. For years it had stood idle and wasted, and ugly no doubt. Some creative folk have breathed new life into the rail line and they have made it a brilliant walking path filled with great plants and interesting and rarely seen elevated views of New York's lower west side's streets and apartments.

It was a really nice day today and after discovering that I had forgotten a hat, it was determined that I needed to purchase a hat. Some part of the day was spent searching half-heartedly for a hat. In the midst of this searching, Samantha and I made some purchases at Kate Spade, Old Navy, Brooklyn Industries and Victoria's Secret.

Finally, after walking up to the Flatiron building, and waiting in line for the Shake Shack, we decided the line was a touch too long and we walked instead back to our hotel with the intention of finding the Shake Shack's second establishment closer to Times Square on 8th.

We found it and enjoyed a couple of burgers, fries and Samantha had a drink she likes, named after Arnold Palmer.