Wednesday we took the bus to Woodbury Common Outlets, drove across the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey, the on into Upstate New York, the weather here was warm and sunny, just had to buy a Ralph Lauren Tshirt..lol, Rob got to replenish his wardrobe after I threw all of his clothes out a few months ago. Had dinner at a local Italian restaurant that served salad with the chicken parmigiana , unusual here as they normally serve it with pasta...strange. De...

Last night we caught a taxi to Grand Central Station, what an awesome place this is, cannot believe the size of it, I could just stand in the grand hall all day and watch the world go by, it is massive. There are corridors leading off it everywhere, I think we saw a sign to tacks 100 to 117. Saw some trains leaving mostly for Connecticut, very comfy they look too, then found the Grand a central Market where you can once again just about buy any kind of food you c...

Last night we had dinner in Times Square then walked to the Empire State Building, took a little while to get through security then we were in the lifts heading to the 80th floor, I thought that was in, but into more lifts to the 86th floor, the view was breathtaking, saw Jersey, Queens, Brooklyn, the East River and the Hudson, the lights were fantastic. A truly beautiful place and to see it all lit up at night was very special. This morning we got to spend a fe...

Last night Rob and I got to spend a few hours with his cousin Marty, we had a lovely dinner and Mart took us on a walking tour of his Greenwich Village neighborhood, where all the locals go. The neighborhood is wonderful, cute little brownstones, shops of all kinds, we thought Robert was going to break into the deli at one stage, there were so many dessert stores to choose from we could not believe it. It was great to catch up with Marty. One of his neighbors is...

Well here we are in New York, flew into JFK last night, got to hotel which is small but in great location, then off to local Italian pizza shop round the corner, yum....this morning we all decided to get hop on hop off bus, first bus was full, second one came and off we went, saw some iconic sights like Empire State Bldg, Macy's, Chrysler Bldg, went thru neighborhoods like Chelsea, TriBeCa, Financial District, SoHo, then got down to Battery Park and we all had to...