So...still in New York...what next?? After our night at the theatre we weren't up quite as bright and breezy as we would have hoped, so we made a slightly delayed start to our next day of sightseeing! We armed ourselves up with a day-pass for the subway and were on our way...to see the lady herself! Yep, time for a quick return trip to Staten Island on the infamous ferry that provides most visitors to NY with their views of the Statue of Liberty. Like the major...

On arrival into JFK our first bit of 'New York' excitement was just around the corner at the taxi stand, where a line of synonymous Yellow Taxi Cabs awaited to whisk people away from the airport and into the city that never sleeps. After some confusion over not wanting to head straight into Manhattan, we arrived safely at our accommodation for the week, here in Brooklyn. Too tired to do anything else, we delayed sightseeing a day so we could rest up a little. T...

Ok...yes we have backdated this a few days as we are a little behind and need to catch up!! Also, we've only managed to upload a couple of photos at the minute so I'll just have to describe things and you can use your imaginations! So after Thanksgiving we did indeed get nicely wrapped up against the chilly weather and headed to Lake Calhoun for a stroll...we got some good views of the Minneapolis skyline and also some gorgeous but hideously expensive houses set...

Well, we've left the warm sun of LA and have flown into the dark cold night of Minneapolis. LAX was a nightmare! Anyone looking to come to the states should avoid travel in and out of that particular airport especially. Having dropped the rental car off with zero hassle, we were frustrated to have to wait outside, in line (a very long snaking line) for an hour to get through security once we'd checked our baggage. Our flight wasn't quite what we'd imagined for...

Our last few days in California have been far less extravagant than our previous couple of weeks, but just as enjoyable. We left San Francisco having had a great time there and with a bit of time to play with before heading southwards to LA, we spent the day in Napa Valley, also known as, Wine Region! Napa itself was fairly uninspiring but we moved on to the town of Sonoma which was thoroughly charming. The streets were lined with trees turning shades of gold a...