Another 5am start today and a slap up 6am breakfast of bacon eggs and pancakes to start the day! How I managed to force it down at that time I still dont know! We headed straight back over the border into the USA in the morning so we could see the falls from the 'American' side. Everyone says the Canadian side is better as you can see the falls straight on but the American side was also fascinating as you can actually stand right near the edge where the water goe...

So after rolling in at around 3am and the alarm going off at 6am it was a bright and early start although I can't say I was feeling very fresh! Off we went to meet the coach to take us to Niagara falls!! I must admit it I was actually looking forward to the 8 hour coach ride to Buffalo as I could get some well earned sleep!! We went from New York, through New Jersey and onto Pennsylvania where we stopped at Glen Watkins National Park where we walked through a can...

So today we all decided to go off and do our own thing. Karen was on a mission to do as many sights as possible! Annette, Greg & the kids went of to the museum of Modern Art and I decided to go shopping!! So as they all headed off downtown Manhatten, just to be different I thought I would head uptown! Most attractions or things to see are downtown New York. We were based on 75th Street- about half way up. So I wanted to go and check out what there was in upto...

Today was the day to do all the sites you just must visit in a lifetime!! First stop, the infamous Grand Central Station! A beautiful building all split into parts with Columns and marble staircases. I was a little disappointed to see that the Apple store was taking up the whole upper floor on the station. But forgetting that the atmosphere was fantastic. Next stop was the New York State library, somewhere I have also always wanted to see. It was so much bigger ...

Early start for us today ready to head to see the Statue of Liberty!! Something I wanted to see since I was a child- was a little excitable that morning to say the least!! We jumped on the subway (no fun during rush hour) and headed downtown Manhatten to Battery Park to catch our ferry over to Liberty island. The security to get onto the ferry was just like the airport, you wouldn't know we were only going across the water! So shoes and belts off with no knives...