b'wanttoconsider intoNewarksying Liberty Airport. It is a 40-minute taxi ride to Times Square, and a great deal lessforalineup,asitspopularityamong busy than LaGuardia. You can alsoyresidents has risen immensely.Porter Airlines and save the hassle ofAfterlunch,makeyourwayalong Pearson Airport. 45th to the Hudson River for a Circle JONATHAN VAN BILSEN I always stay in Times Square. TheLine cruise of Manhattan. The 90-minute Renaissanceisafantasticproperty,tour takes you right next to the Statue of Finally, another opportunity to traveland makes up one of the two trianglesLiberty, Ellis Island, where, from 1892 to arrived, and this time it was a chancein Times Square. In fact, while having1954, nearly 12 million immigrants wereTHE NORTHERN HALFPART 2tovisittheBig Apple.Thiswasonlybreakfast, you can view the famous Newprocessed at the Port of New York and the second trip in the past two years IYears Eve ball drop location. Make sureNew Jersey. The boat then rounds the have been able to do, but heading toyou get a room above the 12thoor, as ittip of Manhattan where I saw spectacu-New York, and experiencing one of themay be noisy in the lower half. lar views of One World Trade Centre, the greatest cities on the planet, was worthWhen it is time for lunch, you cantallest building in the United States, as the wait. tryMamansBakeryrestaurantonwell as the Western Hemisphere.It was a short, four-day trip, but with48th Street between 5th and 6th (ave I headed up the East River and trav-enoughplanning,Iwasabletoseeminute walk). The smell of fresh bakedelled underneath the Brooklyn bridge, everything I wanted, with ample time togoods welcomes you before you evenwhere we see the iconic movie shoot spare for a few extras. I have had thestep through the doorway. Be preparedof New York. Another great view of the pleasure of visiting Gotham City numer- EmpireStatebuildingcameintothe ous times and have learned some tricks,frame, as the ship made its way along which I will pass along in this article. the midtown section of Manhattan.Therst thing you want to do is buyAfter a fantastic cruise, I walked to apairofgoodwalkingshoes.I the Rockefeller Centre and a trip to thend walking in NYC is easy and fun and youTop of the Rock. This amazing build-will be amazed at how many interestingingoffersspectacularviewsofNew stores you see along the way. BeforeYork City, including Central Park. Many youbeginyouradventure,youmayPlease turn to page 48Iconic photo under the Brooklyn Bridge. View from the Top of the Rock on Rockefeller Center.FOCUS - AUGUST 202247'