wow! The holiday gods have really smiled on us!The train journey was great. Finished at sunset after a less than traumatic customs transit... then out into the rain outside the terminal without any shelter...... but there was a taxi with just enough space for 5 passengers and 6 cases! Freaky!Our brief taxi ride to the hotel passed Niagara ( for those paying attention looking through the frosty glass) and out checkin was slightly delayed... as they upgraded us to ...

Boxing Day? ...Draws a blank. That's an English thing that means nothing here. Our Boxing Day plans were just to do a bit of a wander. I started the day with a chilly, but excellent, run around Central Park (19km). Once the girls were poked out of bed, bed started our walking tour of New York. We wanted to wander through a few districts and just soak up the atmosphere. We covered a decent distance. Central Park was the first target for a brief wander, then down...

Merry Xmas came across the P.A. on the train just after midnight. Our first 2 hours of Xmas day were spent training and subwaying back to the apartment. We certainly weren't alone, and it was quite fun. A bit chilly, which meant my unexpected present from Yvonne and Glen of a scarf came in very handy! Once back in the apartment the girls had one last cuddle of their newly acquired perfume, then crashed. Our first Xmas present to ourselves was a huge sleep in. Si...

It's beginning to look a lot like Xmas! After an awesome run for me through Central Park (Runners heaven), along with one or two (!) other runners, and the occasional frozen puddle or two, we got the girls rugged up for the cold and hit the streets. We walked over to Central Park (5 minutes and we're in it) and through to the Xmas Markets. A scarf or two and some warm drinks later, we wandered through the park a bit then over to the supposedly amazing, but ra...

Our plan to get to the airport early worked well, and made the lack of sleep worthwhile. Got the car back and into the crowded airport well in time for the flight....or so we thought. Queues were amazing, but we ended up with 30 minutes at the gate to spare, so all was good. Buddy, the Xmas Elf, worked his magic and we managed to get some smiles out of some otherwise very stressed staff. Still - their version of grumpy is still preferable to back home! It's ha...