The smell of roasting chestnuts, the sparkle of Christmas lights, snowy carriage rides through Central Park and lavish shop window displays – visiting New York in winter is like stepping onto the set of a real-life Christmas movie. The Big…
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It was my first trip to New York and everything should’ve felt new and different. But I couldn’t shake off the feeling that I’d been here before. Walking along Fifth Avenue, craning my neck to look up at the…
New York has to be one of my favourite cities in the world – it’s such a diverse and fast-changing place that every time I visit I have a totally different experience. My first couple of trips focused on…
New York’s long been one of my favourite cities. I first visited 20 years ago and it made a huge impression. It was my first trip outside Europe and felt a million miles away from home. Seeing iconic sights…
My first ever trip outside of Europe was to New York. Before then I’d been to France and Germany and done one European flight, but at aged 18 this was my first long-haul trip, my first flight on my…
When I was in Paris this autumn I came across the Promenade Plantée, an elevated park on a former railway line that formed the inspiration for New York’s High Line park. Having seen the original, I had to check…