Feeling acclimatised and refreshed I started the day with a short run through the park and around the Brooklyn museum. The park was busy with pre work runners and cyclists. Becky and I headed off early to the 9/11 museum that had not been open on my previous visits. Here we purchased the City Pass that I had first used in 2012 to save on other attractions in the city. The museum itself is quite a somber experience as you can imagine. Hearing phone calls from peo...

Monday was a nice lazy start, with Stefan driving us to Jacob Riis Park next to the Rockaway’s. The whole beach front area has been redeveloped since Hurricane Sandy. We had plenty of choice when it came to parking and a place to put our towels down on the beach itself. The beach itself was great as the sea breeze meant we were as cool as we had been since we arrived. After sunbathing for a while we all went for our first Splosh in the sea and boy was that col...

Stefan had the coffee on the go for us this morning. Becky & I were both still feeling tired so this was much appreciated. For breakfast & the World Cup final we had been invited round to Stefan’s Aunt Lori’s new flat. This is located next to a former pub haunt of mine on 2nd Avenue. Upon exiting the elevator you presume the flats won’t be that large on the inside. However I was certainly mistaken. A large open plan main room with an outdoor corne...

At the airport we bumped into Kris and Ella who were off to Portugal for the week. We all had our obligatory airport drinks in the Cabin Bar away from the main crowds of people. On board the hop to London we bought some prosecco and once in Heathrow were straight onto the flight to New York. We had seats with some extra legroom at the front of economy within easy access of the galley. Our first meal was a much needed English breakfast, accompanied by some white...

On this trips there have been many times where I have felt my age. We certainly didn't do any particularly late night drinking as on previous trips. The regularity of the drink combined with temperatures always at least ten degrees if not more hotter than at home, certainly took its toll. I didn't leave the apartment until 12:00 on Monday. I was able to catch up with Barry before he headed to work & we had a very nice alcohol free lunch. We sat outside at Aun...