Central Park, NYC

"Familiar" and "Greenery in the middle of the city" are two things that pop up when you see Central Park. This is the most over exposed park. The park is a familiar sight, if you watch way too many chick-flicks or NYC based TV shows.

As you probably know, my daughter loves ice skating and the minute she knew she was coming to NYC, all she wanted to do was ice-skate and drink hot chocolate. She wanted to bring her own skates and the whole nine yards. Thanks to the additional baggage fees, we chose to travel light and rent the skates instead. She wasn't too happy with it and started lecturing how Michelle Kwan and other ice skating pros would have never done that. Yes, what goes around comes around in parenting. If you lecture, trust me it will come back to you.

You are bound to see rickshaws who can take you around the park for $60 or less, if you know how to haggle, if not wear old fashioned walk around the park is not a bad idea either.