Holidays

Our last day in New York was all about doing what we wanted to make sure we got we wanted out of the big apple. The boys did their own thing – Jonathan relaxed and photographed. David watched the match in an Irish pub with a load of Reds and one City family and then […]

Today was a rest day. After a big big lie in we had a lazy lunch and a wander around central park. It is hard to imagine it’s location in the middle of the busiest place on the planet. It was so diverse – there were artists, street performers, people playing volleyball, baseball and rollerblading. […]

Today we took the ferry to Liberty Island. Tickets to go up the statue are booked till November so we just walked around the island and enjoyed the view – looking across to Manhattan is amazing We then walked the Brooklyn Bridge like all good tourists! Jonathan and David then wandered off on their own. […]

I can’t believe we’ve been away for a week already. Thankfully the weather was much better today as we spent the day on an open top Grayline bus doing the complete upper and lower tour. So lots of photos of random large buildings and fire escapes! Lots of opportunity for Rachel to point out all […]

We managed to negotiate the final 75 miles with ease to Newark airport. The last 0.2 miles in the airport to/from petrol station to Hertz returns was a nightmare though! Thankfully you are unlikely to ever meet a driver like our cab driver, but we survived and have unpacked in our NYC suite on the […]

We left Niagara and spent 75 minutes in immigration getting our passports stamped! What a contrast between the American and Canadian side of Niagara – lets just say you haven’t seen Niagara unless you’ve been to the Canadian side! “minivan” picked up and I’m delighted to say it’s a Toyota Sienna – luxurious enough to […]

Like true tourists Family I were up bright and early for their next sight-seeing adventure, cameras ready. After about an hour transfer time we arrived about 9ish. The photos show the view better than any words of mine! By the end of the day we became experts at getting those macs on and off – […]

What an explosion of noise and colour! And heat – 32°C! Today was the parade along the water front – we didn’t stay for the full 8 hours but we were there for a good half of it. The colour and noise just kept coming and coming. Everyone was so friendly. TV states there were […]

Despite the body still thinking we were on UK time and waking up at 03:30 (or 08:30 to you in Blighty) we all got up refreshed to start our holiday proper. Rachel did a great “spot” yesterday with Hippo Tours – bus tour of Toronto followed by the bus going in to the Lake – […]