This morning was so mild. The weather man said no winter costs were needed and he was right. Just a light fleece & a rain jacket as it was forecast to rain from about 11am. We walked up to Rockefeller Square & looked around the shops there, including the Lego store before we went to lunch at the Empire Steak House that we had booked yesterday. We had hoped to do a horse & carriage ride around Central Park but they weren't running. Instead, we came ac...

We woke up this morning to snow!! When we looked out the window we could see the footpath was completely covered & it was falling fast. But, by the time we met Caroline the snow had turned to rain. This was the forecast so it was no surprise. It was a bit warmer than the day before too. We headed for Central Park. It was so beautiful and serene covered in snow. We walked a fair way through the park and came to the lake which was frozen over. There is a bridg...

We met Caroline after breakfast & headed for Grand Central Station. We caught a train to Brooklyn and walked back into Manhattan across the beautiful Brooklyn Bridge. It is about 2.5kms and gives a great view of Manhattan. It was pretty cold up there. A sign halfway along said it was -7 degrees Celsius. It felt like it! We could see the Manhattan Bridge on one side of us & the Statue of Liberty on the other. We were lucky to have sun & a blue sky. Th...

We were on the road this morning before 5.15am because we weren't sure how heavy the traffic would be. The drive to the car rental return at LAX should have been 34mins according to the GPS but it took us an hour. We got the shuttle to the airport and went to the online check in but it was unable to check us in. We then had to wait in the slowest queue ever to be checked in. Apparently they needed to confirm date of births. The line for security was long and by t...