I am writing this from a 6 hour coach down to Washington DC.We have been very lucky and got one of the newer greyhound coaches.It has leather seats and extra leg room. I cant wait to see one which manages to have even less.Most importantly though it has power sockets and free wifi.Its quite empty so we have been able to grab two seats each.Mills has taken full advantage of this and is fast asleep which is good as he didn't sleep much the first few nights due to...

So the trips excitement kicked off at Heathrow.If any of you have any worries over airport security let me put your mind at ease.The knife was found and disposed of most efficiently - in front of mine and Ollis' parents which was not at all embarrassing….. The plane journey was fine except our TVs broke.This was balanced out by the huge whiskey and cokes that the aircrew happily mixed (free). We got to the hostel fairly easily.Its right next to central park...