Wow! What a different Christmas day! It was my turn for insomnia and sometime after 3.00am I managed to finally doze off but not before the city that never sleeps slept! It was really quiet... Not a sound to be heard!! So Christmas Day dawned with us waking the children at 8.30 am .. No Santa means no excitement or so it seems. Present opening was quick as the kids got their big presents ( Jack a phone and Kate a Nintendo 3D Ds) before Christmas for inflight ente...

Merry Christmas everyone in good old Aust! We are not quite there yet. Today we headed off in search of groceries ... A boring mundane thing but essential with Christmas day looming. A task one would assume was simple and ad that been the case we would have done that on day one at Walmart but hmph! Cabs don't go to New Jersey and Walmart does not come to New York! Almost an impossibility but we did manage to find Duane and Reed ( named for the street corner the...

Kate finally found her New York sleeping rhythm and slept 12+ hours so a late start happened today. We opted to head for Century 21 which is the outlet department store in NY directly opposite Ground Zero. Proud to say Jack proved to be the Subway guru and successfully manoeurved us around NY today! Has brunch consisting of pizza and/or nachos both interesting in cooking!!! After brunch we braved the Century 21 where it did my head in in it's lack of organizatio...

Day 3 "Families of New York" tour day..... A long day. Heidi,our tour guide, met us in the lobby at 9.00 am and from there we set off for a diner with singing wait staff. It was great food and fun to watch and eat! From the diner we headed off to learn the subway..... Jack has grasped it all so he is now the Subway Superhero. The subway took us to Central Park ( it might be pertinent to note that New York is experiencing unseasonably warm weather with t...

Well, what a day! With the exception of Kate who decided at 2.00am that sleep wasn't an option until 5.00 am, the rest of us had a great sleep and sleeping. We showered and headed out to explore our new home. Breakfast was found at " The Prime Burger diner just off Madison on 6th Street. Apparently visited by Sarah Jessica Parker when doing Sex in the City. Food was interesting but the diner was amazing! Lots of old negro men in suits serving us at our boo...