Thursday 20 July 2006 - Central Park Said a farewell to Dexter House.... had the day to spare so what better way to spend it than chillin in Central Park. People say you'll never walk the whole of Central Park but pretty sure we did just to find a restroom! They also say the idea is to lose yourself in Central Park - we certainly did, every path we took we kept on coming back to the same damn carousel! Got distracted by live music 'White Flag' by Dido...

Wednesday 19 July 2006 - Central Park Started off at 72nd Street West at the Dakota Building, home of the late John Lennon. For those of you that may not know it was outside here that he was shot. Visited Strawberry Fields across the road in Central Park, a section of the park that has been restored in his memory where the Imagine mosaic lies. Nice summer stroll along the lake through Central Park then home to make our picnic. Went over to enter Central Park from...

Saturday 15 July 2006 - New York New York!As you can tell from our first entry we got here safely! (after a slight confusion with another Eleanor Michael who was apparently armed and dangerous and was not to be let in the country!)Battled the subways and made it to Dexter House - our home for the next 5 nights, dumped our bags (never really wanting to carry them again!).... straight out to dinner to an american diner, a white wine and soda in New York, the City t...

Arrived safely :)