We would have slept in, but the Street Sweepers were a bit noisy! New York takes their cleanup pretty seriously! The rubbish underfoot the night before was like a carpet - all gone in the morning! We headed off to a Gospel performance at a local club (From the 'Angels of Harlem', referred to in a few songs). All you can piggie Brunch was included, which, while not fantastic, was pretty good and kept us fed for the rest of the day. The singing was powerful, parti...

Happy New Year!!!!! The start of the last day was a magic 22km run along the Hudson, though Harlem and back down through Central Park. Discovered some new bits along the way. Chilly, but not too bad. Actvity for the day was with the Doyles down to the Intrepid Air Museum - an Aicraft Carrier moored on the Hudson about 1 km away, covered in planes like the Bluebird (Fastest), Harrier etc, and a Concorde alongside (They will be getting a Space Shuttle next year. ...

Sleep in, then the 400 metre walk into Times Square proper (The Area our apartment is in is in Times Square, but the small parcel we all know as Times Square is in the next block. We can see the the end of it from outside our front door. A bit of scene setting here.... New York is expensive, and New Years eve is prime time. Although we think of it as an arm and a leg, they still had to evict the cockroaches to make space.... well, maybe not that bad, but the roo...

Hmmmm. The return journey from Niagara was not quite the joy of the outbound ride.... Not sure why overall, but a 100% booked out train, and 1.5 hour stopped train for customs/passport and nightfall stealing our sidescreen entertainment meant that it dragged on and on. A lot of the track is single track, too, meaning we had to wait for trains, and follow slow moving trains quite a bit. The only good thing was a very white scenic view in the upper parts of the jou...

Thats our photo mascot, Spongebob Squarepants, on our windowledge with the Canadian Horeshoe falls in the background. Spongebob joined our trip in Vegas, when he emerged from a cereal packet. He replaced the cuter, but much harder to stash in your jeans pocket, Surf Rescue Beanie Bear that we had planned to use. We filled our bellies at the neighbouring restaurant, then donned our Snow Gear for a long day in the elements. Snow had dusted the ground overnight and...