As anticipated we had a much better finish to the day than the start!! Our quiet afternoon in the hotel bar with our new friends from Long Island was a welcome escape from the morning's escapades, and then our night at Jersey Boys was fantastic!! ... a great show, slick and sooo well done - loved it!!! Time to finish packing now so that we're ready for our 8:05am Amtrak train to Washington in the morning!! Hope all is well at home. We are still counting our bless...

I can't see George anywhere!!!!!! Xxx

Start spreading the news ......!!!!! Love New York already!!! Loved our walk to pick up our tour this morning. Easy walk - only about 1 1/2 km away, but we had to walk along Broadway to get there ... so onerous!! Amazing seeing Times Square along the way and again the buzz of the place is great. Did our fly by night New York in a day tour today. Got to see the iconic spots, New York Harbour, Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, Wall St, Greenwich Village, Smi...

Well here we are in New York after a full day of travel. We left our apartment in quiet Amsterdam this morning at 7am, travelled via Zurich and arrived here at JFK just before 4pm, left on the shuttle about 5.15pm and got to our hotel about 6.45pm + 6 hours, so, a long day!!! (First school I saw after landing was 'Our Saviour Lutheran School'!!! :-) But ... All is great!! We have 2 Irish Pubs directly across the road from our hotel, The Empire State Building ...