As the trip to JFK was around 90 minutes by subway, our departure time necessitated a 4.30am wake up. We had scoped our route yesterday and bought tickets as needed, so we were all set. It turned out, leaving an hour earlier to allow for the unexpected proved to be a fortuitous decision, as a late running subway train threw our plans into chaos. We found ourselves heading past Central Park on a "C" train, when we should have been heading to Queens on an "E" t...

The time has come at last ! After all the planning and debate with schools, Lauren and I are finally taking off on our Father and Daughter adventure. With bags packed a week ago, Lauren has been counting down the sleeps since. Interestingly, we have both managed to pack fairly light (12-13Kg each), so we have room for picking up the little nic nacs that you gather along the way. We are in London for a whirlwind three days (coming back towards the end of the tr...