The journey to New York started out OK, but it wasn't as simple as it could have been, not least because I had very little sleep last night and I have a bit of a headache. The problems start at Penn Station in New York. It is appallingly signposted internally. At various points, there are conflicting signs - giving different directions to particular subways lines. It has you walking around in circles, then along long passageways at the end of which are long flights of stairs and no sign of a lift or even an escalator. Sometimes you go down 12 stairs, forward a few metres and then up 12 stairs again! I couldn't see any sign of accessible routes. Eventually, I think I must have gone several blocks going by the map I looked at later. To cap it all, there's no elevator at 39th Avenue on the N,Q lines either so that was about 25 steps down to street level too, so I was exhausted by the time I reached the hotel.
It has very few rooms per floor, but 17 floors. I do just about have a view over upper Manhattan from my window and if I go to the lifts, I can see lower Manhattan. The first priority was to try to get some sleep though before going to the game, otherwise, I'd just be asleep at the game, which would be pointless. Fortunately, I was able to get an hour or two to keep me going, and left dinner until the stadium.
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