A dull day was forecast - how wrong can you get?! New York does not do dull! We headed for the subway and uptown to Times Square today. Coming up from the dim light in the subway straight out onto the glitz of Times Square is quite an experience in itself. Dave's first experience of Times Square had him trying to look everywhere at once and he found it hard to take it all in without wide angle eyes. We'd headed for Times Square first to check out how to buy disco...

We hadn't had time to shop yesterday for breakfast ingredients so had to live the American way and go out for breakfast today. Jake, our airbnb host, had told us about Cafe Berkli Parc that turned out to be a good choice. We had nice yoghurt and granola with fresh fruit and good coffee. It was good value and friendly with communal tables, we'd definitely recommend if you every found yourselves in Lower East Side. Then down to the serious business of our first da...

We left the Boston Holiday Inn using their shuttle bus to the Tramway to take the train into South Station. This must define us as a little skinflint-ish as we deliberately left a half to an hour early so that we could use yesterday's subway tickets! However there was little we could have done with that time so using it as a cheap but stress free route to the station with our luggage was as good as any. The time at the station passed reasonably quickly, even wit...

The weather forecast today threatened frequent heavy showers and possibly thunderstorms yet it was also too warm for heavy clothes so an umbrella was bought and we decided spending the morning exploring the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was a way to stay dry initially. The Museum was a treat with some fascinating special exhibitions we enjoyed including Hippie Chic which featured 60s fashions we both remembered and a juke box that Dave complained was playing songs f...

Sunday was a travel day and our last experience of driving on the wrong side of the road. We had a light breakfast and chatted with our host Marie between packing and tidying. It had felt quite a privilege to share her quirky collections for a few days and without any breakages. We said our goodbyes and off we went into the traffic which wasn't heavy at first but did build up towards Boston. In fact, the driving started to demand more concentration after a lunc...