BLOG BY KATE AND MARINA Our plane finally arrived in New York on Tuesday night, despite our near- 30 hour journey, we couldn't possibly think about sleeping. We had a long bus ride into the city. We were amazed by the spectacular city life with busy streets and bright lights. Our first day we left the hotel at 1pm and met with our tour guide Robert (who loves the way we all say his name with our Aussie accent). He took us for a short tour of th...

The girls exhausted themselves shopping in Sarah Jessica Parker country shopping in Soho and in style many returned with bags filled with shoes of all colours, heights and varieties. After a day of spending and walking there was nothing like a great italian pasta and salad to restore the energy levels. Chianti (for the parents) and smiles all round.

Today the girls got to get a quick taste of some of New York's fasmous sites such as Central Park, Time's Square, Rockafeller Centre, a squirrel or two and of course a moment of shopping on 5th Ave. Not for too long though so don't worry, they all seem to have some money left for the rest of the trip. It was a wapping 100 degrees today (fahrenheit of course) and tomorrow it is predicted to have a heat wave with record temps. Most of us are enjoy the warm weathe...

After seeing Mel B in Sydney, flying over the Grand Canyon, the Rockies, and some pretty amazing circular farm fields we arrived tired but safely in the big apple. On our way to the hotel we were treated with some some glimpses of Times square, Central Park, shopping on 5th avenue, Empire State Building and even the Original soup kitchen from Seinfeld just around the corner from our hotel. Just enough to get us all excited for the adventures, shopping, sightseei...

0 Sleeps now!! And we were up bright and early, after a long sleepless night from so much excitement. After getting through all the usual busy morning traffic, it was hard to believe we would soon be leaving for our trip to America! We managed to be moved onto an earlier flight, our first obstacle in our trip passed with success. After being checked off the list by Mrs G, we were now boarding the plane. Everyone stocked up on chewing gum and practically filled th...