NYC - day 2: Empire State Building, Times Square & CHICAGO

Thursday, second day in Manhattan: After a little delay (due to Crispus.. ;)), we arrived in the middle of the city in mid-afternoon. We were lucky to find a parking lot not too far from Times Square and decided to walk to the Empire State Building. The queue was not as long as expected and therefore we soon entered the elevator that was to take us up to floor Nr. 86 - what a weird feeling!!!
The weather was just perfect, the view from up there is breathtaking anyway and thanks to Maya and Fenton's explanations, we got an overview over the entire seemingly neverending city. We'll post pictures as soon as we get home!
Having wasted too much time in the gift shop (pictures follow!), we had to rush back towards Broadway if we wanted to have something to eat before the show started. We ended up in a Japanese place right opposite the theatre in which we were about to see "Chicago". As if this prospect were not already great enough, a friend of Fenton's works there as a light technician and had offered to take us backstage before the show!!!
So here it was, one of the big highlights of our holidays: a Broadway show!!! :) It was highly interesting to see behind the curtains of such a professional production and to talk to someone who is actively involved in creating what, for the audience, is a mere dreamworld. Especially cool about the performance we saw was that the famous singer Usher starred in one of the main roles (for those who know the story, he plays the lawyer Billy Flynn). Too bad we missed him backstage (girls, imagine we'd have seen him getting dressed... ;))! The show itself was overwhelming, great music, amazing dance performances, charismatic actors, strong voices, a lot of irony and a good sense of humour - all in all, an experience we would not want to have missed!