We left Pa mike and MR's house around 11am and drove to Phillie. We had a final breakfast with Grandma CC and Aunty Angie at the IHOP (surprisingly good - amazing waitress - always so many options). Got lost on the way and ended up in the ghetto of north central Phillie - amazing in a country of such wealth that there still exists places such as this. Finally arrived at Mark and Melissa's place. The kids we're very excited to play with Sam and Max . It was great...

We woke excited to be finally on our way. A quick breakfast at home, an easy transfer to the airport and we were on our way to LA. We were flying Virgin this time which was fine - not as good as Qantas in my opinion but the kids had a screen in front of them with plenty of movies to watch so they were happy. Unfortunately we landed in LAX behind a number of other aircraft so getting through customs and immigration took a long time. By the time we picked up our...

I wanted to show Spencer some of the parts of Manhattan where I used to live so we caught the subway down to Astor Place (8^th St) and walked down St Mark's place. Like most of Manhattan, many parts of the East Village had changed but some had not changed at all.  The new hotels on Bowery look amazing but many of the local bars in and around Alphabet City remain the same (Angel’s Share, Niagara, McSorleys, Odessa).  I wanted ...