I asked my hotel reception the best way to catch a cab to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The man looked at me blankly and asked 'a taxi?'. I always thought they called em cabs round these parts but never mind! Anyway I was directed to the chappy outside the entrace who kindly put me in a 'cab' and directed it to where i wanted to go. I stood in the longest queue on earth to get in to the Met but it was a beautiful 28 degree sunny day so couldn't complain! They...

I was picked up from JfK airport by the Go Air Link NYC bus and taken to Grand Central Terminal (incorrectly often known as Grand Central Station) where i planned to get a taxi to the Warwick New York Hotel where i'll be staying for the next 5 days. It was a pretty mundane journy until we drove over a hill heading towards Midtown and i was faced with what seemed, the very familiar manhatten skyline. This accompanied with my first sighting of a yellow cab and yell...

Sitting in the bank trying to sort out an issue with my credit card. I can't spend a month in the States without it! Getting nervous now as its only 11 days to go! Off to do some last minute shopping in epsom shortly and then have the task to sort my life out over the next few days before starting a week of night shifts before I go. It was the only way to get four weeks off work. Ill finish them on monday morning and fly on tuesday morning so i have no doubt i'll...