4.30am this morning I thought I broke my toe! Been in so many different beds I got up and walked into the bunk ladder. I must have said Ouch pretty loud, coz the guy in the bunk above woke and asked if I was ok. Whoops, lol. Anyway, we checked out, and after having a little whinge about last night's bedding situation, I was given a refund of $5.90. Whoopwhoop! We got out of the hostel a bit late, it was after 10 I think. First stop, Becky wanted to go to the Mu...

Yay, it didn't rain today! Still cold & miserable though, but at least dry. First stop NBC to book an afternoon tour. Next some souvineer shopping in Times Square before our TV & Movie Location tour from 11am-2.30pm. It was pretty good, even though the guide spoke really fast to get the info out while we were passing the spot! We saw the apartment building from Friends, the fire station from Ghostbusters, Heath Ledger's apartment where he lived & di...

Splish Splosh! Today was cold and rainy! Yuk. Had my free brekky around 8ish - it wasn't fancy - cereal, fruit & coffee, but, still free! I met my tour buddy, Becky, around 9am. We're doing the same tour so decided to spend a few days together beforehand exploring New York. She's English and very nice, even though she talks fast and sometimes I have trouble understanding her accent, lol. It was a miserable rainy day, but, meh, whatcha gonna do about it? We...

Not happy Jan! I didn't have the best day today :-( Was up at 6am creeping around packing my bag in the dark and trying to be quiet to not disturb others. Bus & train to the airport. Got there 2 hrs before my flight. Sitting. Waiting. Sitting. Got stuck in the middle seat between a plump black woman and some business dude. Had no personal tv, and our one in the aisle wasn't working, so I slept most of the way for lack of anything else to do! Would you beli...