Day 300, 30 April 2013, Manhattan, New York. Up. At 'em. Egg roll and coffee at the local deli and off to the Times Square Visitor Centre to join a "Walkin' Broadway" Tour. Found out heaps of insider info - like all the theatres on Broadway are owned by just three families (definitely want to meet them and make friends... imagine the perks). Also, have often wondered what makes a show a Broadway show? Off-Broadway show? Off-off-Broadway show. Well - as it tu...

Day 299, 29 April 2013, Manhattan, New York! 10 hour train trip --- yada yada yada.... And then we arrived at Penn Station - Woo Hooooo! Walked to our base on 43rd Street, between 7th and 8th avenues and did the quickest costume change ever - hit the streets of Broadway to find our feet and started falling over theatres and hit productions on every corner - Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Matthew Broderick are in Broadway shows right now - and, so, is an incredible ac...

Day 298, 28 April 2013, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It's not often we visit more than one country (and back again) in a day - but that's the beauty of the Rainbow/Peace/International Bridge between the two Niagara Falls towns. We had a lazy old morning and wandered off to the bridge around lunchtime. Luckily we are still within our 90 day visa period for Canada. In a weird kind of way we were still there... just visiting the USA. And same on the USA side...

Day 297, 27 April 2013, Niagara Falls, New York. And it is important to keep an eye on that... some hotel booking websites refer to Niagara Falls irrespective of whether the hotel is on the Ontario, Canada side of the river or on the New York, USA side... trap for folks who need visas! With thanks to the Fairy Godmother of early check-in times, our first business in Niagara Falls was a snooze. But then we got out and strolled down to Goat Island to view the st...

Day 296, 26 April 2013, Chicago, Illinois - The Original Gangster Tour - "Untouchables". Da wedder was gread, da tour was greadder... (with compulsory Chicago gangster accent of course -www.gangstertour.com) Chicago - Al Capone - Bugs Moran - The St Valentine's Day Massacre - John Dillinger - Absolutely names to conjure with. 70 degrees in the shade today and very unseasonable weather for Chicago at this time of year - so it was a relief to settle into our ol...