Tomorrow I pick up the hire car to start my road trip, so I thought I should jot down a few notes about my time in New York. I've spent 3 days or so wandering through Downtown, Uptown and Midtown: The canyons formed by the tall buildings is amazing and a little intimidating; Ground Zero still looks very wrong because there is such a big whole in the middle of the city; Greenwich Village is a lovely place to wander around; The sky detonated on Friday and Sa...

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And finally we're off... Terminal 5 at Heathrow is fairly impressive. Unlike most terminals which seem to crowd everyone into the centre (especially the screaming kids), T5 seems to have many distributed seating areas where you can usually find a quiet spot with free public WiFi. It also has a good selection of expensive shops where you can get rid of those pesky £50 notes that clutter up your wallet. I got chatting to a lady heading to the Edinborough Fring...