Long Day and trip to NYC

Early Start this morning at 06.30 to be ready for breakfast at 07.00 with the parents Full English was had. Checked out and wandered outside just in time for the shuttle bus to arrive, after a trip around the local hotels it was off to terminal 3, Check was quick and painless helped by checking in on line before, security checks were easy to, although did get sniffed by the dog. Watch some planes at the gate before we were boarded, was sat at the back of the plane in seats 64A & 64C the Plane an Airbus A340-600 G-VWIN, Managed to watch 3 films en route, Yogi Bear, Big Mom 3 & Meet the Fokker's 3, Food was shepherds pie up to the usual airline standards. We arrived to nice sunny weather we were at the back of the que for immigration so the immigration staff were glad to see us as the could have a coffee after us. Having collected our luggage we made our way to the first train ride of the trip, Terminal 4 to Howard Beach on AirTrain Cars 202+112, We then changed on to an AirTrain service to Jamaica with Cars 205 + 118. The Hotel a Quality Inn was a short walk from the Station, after checking in and getting a room with a view of the rail line across the street. We decided to head in to Manhattan to have a little look around, first problem was on Sunday Amtrak derailed a train in the tunnels under the Hudson so our plan to ride Long Island Railroad failed and we went by subway instead. When we came out of the subway at Penn Station we Saw the Post Office building, Empire State and Macy's all surrounding Madison Square Gardens. Took Paul via the front entrance to Penn Station, 2 sets of escalators and 2 sets of stairs, which could easily be missed, now 1 level below the street is very unimpressive until it opens out into a large concourse, with shops and restaurants all around, Paul's jaw started dropping, we then went down another level, jaw dropped even more at the passages line with shops and food places, Jaw hit the floor as we went in to a very large Walmart where you could get everything from fishing rods, and bbq to your grocery's all at the station, we still had not seen a train there which were another level down again. We then found Track Bar and Grill and had NY strip steak and Fry's, after this we made our way to Grand Central Terminal which is another Jaw Dropping station, with is painting of the universe on the ceiling, marble floors and walls, After this we made our way back to Penn Station to Catch a 12 Car Long Island Railroad train back to Jamaica and our Hotel where we relax, watched trains go by and went to sleep