The weather bureau had been predicting storms for Saturday, so we decided to make it "Shopping Day"! The night before, Lauren had researched shopping malls with the type of shops she wanted to visit. After she narrowed it down to the top 10, we then shortened the list to the top 5... Lawd it was going to be a long day for Dad. After spending 4 hours in shoppers heaven at the first mall (I went to the movies and left her to it), it became apparent, we either nee...

As New York is 5 hours behind London (12 hours behind Perth), Thursday morning had us both awake by 6.00am. After a quick Skype call home, we were off to see the Big Apple. The Port Authority bus station in NY is a short walk from Broadway, here we found our $320.00 tickets to the musical "Aladdin" for the evening show. Looking like the typical tourist, we walked, heads forever pointing upward (wondered why I was getting a sore neck), to Times Square. Greeted b...

Up at 6.00am to ensure we have enough time to get to T5 without having to rush. We both hate rushing to airports… Plus I have this niggling concern regarding out US Visa application. I lodged our ESTA application 4 months ago, but never received any sort of confirmation email. When I checked online, the visa's had been approved, so I printed the approval thinking all was good. When I tried to check in last night, British Airways insisted on a 9 digit visa num...