New York, New York

The journey begins!!!

We started off at Heathrow airport – flight to JFK was fine. We changed trains/metros three times to get to the hotel – it seemed to take us forever as we were carrying so much weight – why did we pack so much? It was like walking from the Bakerloo line to the Jubilee line at Waterloo each time we changed on the metro – carrying over 24kg each – yes I am looking for sympathy here – but it was worth it in the end when we got to the hotel – I was never so happy to see a bed and what a bed! – it’s massive and very hard to get out of in the mornings :)

On our first day in New York we strolled around Midtown – checked out the Chrysler building and Fifth Avenue - then went up the Rockefeller building – what a view and we were so lucky with the weather, we could see for miles around. We went to a fancy looking Italian restaurant for pizza – I have never in my life seen such a miserable waiter – totally obnoxious, ignorant – not a smile to be seen at all, felt sorry for him, something must have happened to him because no one on this earth could really be that miserable on a daily basis.

On our second day we went to Central Park – it’s beautiful and so peaceful – really excited about going to the national parks now. After all our walking around we found this really nice seating area – where Tom asked me to close my eyes while he pulled something out of his jacket pocket – what was he doing I was thinking? Then guess what lay before my eyes – only Mr Penguin – yes my penguin toy from home that Tom bought me ages ago.– the stowaway – Tom smuggled him all the way over, he had asked me before we left if I was going to bring him, I said no – cause we didn’t have space to pack him in – I know your probably thinking how sad but it was so sweet – brownie points for Tom hence we are going to see Star Trek in Imax at the cinema tonight :)

Star Trek is brilliant! Not normally my cup of tea but I really enjoyed it.

We went to Battery Park - the Statue of Liberty and Ellis island, they were so busy, queues everywhere, but that’s part and parcel of being a tourist in the states – expected :) When we were at Ellis Island, we were looking at the names of all the immigrants who passed through there – guess what – we found a ‘James McGing’ :) We also went to our first ‘American Diner’, it’s true the portions are massive – and of course I managed to eat my burger and three quarters of my chips – Tom on the other hand let the side down :)