Our last day in NYC started early again with a wake up call from Balet telling us to get up as it was our last day in New York and we had to make the most of it! Ok then! We decided to walk to the Metropolitan museum as it wasn't too far from the apartment. Stopped on the way to make a quick phonecall home as it was 2:30pm UK time. Dave spoke to his mam, dad and sister and I left a message for my mam and dad who weren't home. We arrived at the museum nice and ea...

Day 2 started with another trip to Pick a Bagel (including a strawberry cream cheese bagel for Laura – she wasn’t impressed!) before we headed to catch the subway downtown during rush hour, which was an error! Had to let three trains go past because we just couldn’t get on them, then we worked out that you have to stand right at the very edge of the platform like the New Yorkers do, so that when the train arrives, you’ve almost got your face pressed up ag...

Our first morning in New York started with a gentle wake up call from Steve Balet - he took my pillow from beneath my head and started hitting me in the face with it telling us to get up! When we arrived in the early hours he told us about a place called 'Pick a Bagel' that was just round the corner and suggested we go there for breakfast. Lee and Claire were apparently great fans of there so I text Lee to tell him that's where we were headed. After a quick chang...

Well, let's start at the beginning...we enjoyed a final pint on home soil in the airport with the folks before saying our final goodbyes! Not too many tears, even our Mam managed to hold it together! Then we whizzed off up the escalator and we were on our way... Once we were on the first flight, we hung around on the tarmac for what seemed like ages before we took off. We thought that the delay of about half an hour might mean we would be tight for time for ...