Far North Queensland 2017: Day 9

Julian kindly woke us up at 5am again, so we had plenty of time to get our stuff sorted. Unfortunately New York runs to a different time and the 2 remaining shops that I wanted to visit opened at 11am and 12pm! So we packed everything up and caught the subway to SOHO at 10:30am.

We arrived at the Frye Company Flagship store just as the doors were opened. This store is boot heaven:

This is inside the store. Yes, I did buy a pair :)
As it was only 11:30am, we had 1/2 hour to kill so we went to Starbucks for a hot chocolate and to buy a straw cup for Julian. Then it was off to PurlSoho - a fabric and yarn store which I have been buying stuff from for years.

From the outside - it is just the 2 doors on the right and the adjacent window.

Then inside.

And the other wall.
Yes I did buy some stuff. And my lovely husband let me buy 2 pieces of Liberty fabric as I couldn't decide! And then we were done with shopping in New York. I think Julian was more sick of it than Steve and that is saying something!

We caught our last subway train uptown on Broadway to 8th St and walked to Avis. We were given the keys to a Mitsubishi Galant - I was hoping for an upgrade to a Lincoln Towncar but nevermind. Steve then carefully drove to our apartment to pick up our 3 suitcases etc. It was an easy drive as the streets were all one-way.

We said goodbye to our apartment and we definitely wont miss it. The location was awesome but it was ancient, circa 1860s, and everything creaked and groaned. Not good when we were trying to sneak into the bedroom we were sharing with Julian. Anyway here it is: