Day 15Today we left Niagara Falls after breakfast. Our wonderful B&B hosts gave us a ride to the station (much appreciated!) We had to change trains at a place called Buffalo, which was only an hour away so we were a little unsure why our tickets said the ride took almost three hours. All became clear once we boarded the train. Shortly after we crossed the river and re-entered America the conductor made the following announcement "Ladies and Gentlemen, t...

Hi guys Sorry for the delay in updating our blog, the weekend was a mixture of crazily busy and quite calm. On Saturday we woke up early and went to the Empire State Building to beat the queues, which paid off. We decided to go right to the top, floor 102 as well and the general observation deck at 86. I'm so glad we did because although you can see an awful lot on 86 you cannot appreciate the vastness of Central Park, or indeed Manhattan, due to the nearby sk...

Day 4 We started our day today with a typical American breakfast - peanut butter and jelly bagels! We then went downtown to the financial district. After checking out Wall Street and the Stock Exchange we wandered over to the World Trade Centre Site. They are now building a new singular World Trade Centre, with numerous memorials etc in the second tower space. The whole area is under construction so there is no longer "Ground Zero" but you can tell fro...

OMG!!! Day three could not be any different from day two! By lunchtime we had done more than the entire time we had been here and we had walked our cotton socks off! After packing up, checking out and leaving our luggage with concierge we went and got breakfast. My word, the Americans know how to fill a plate! My omelette was folded in half and if it wasn't it would have filled an entire dinner plate! And of course you don't just get an omelette, you get a moun...

Well we finally on our way and here we are in NYC, even after an aborted landing at JFK when the wheels were down and the ground only what seemed 100ft below !! We caught the bus into the city and after a tour of the other 7 terminals of JFK airport saw the Queen, neither of us ever seen her in the UK watched her motorcade fly by on the way to JFK on the freeway after her visit to the city. After a mad bus ride with a stop at Grand Central Staion to change with t...