I knew I was a bit behind on the blog but we’ve now travelled from Sicily, back to London and this is our 3rd day in New York. My only defence is jet lag and the cold that refuses to die!

We had a busy time in our short second stay in London doing 2 day-long tours with the same firm we went to Sicily with: on with a lecturer talking about Italian Renaissance Art in the National Gallery, the other with an expert on railway history and travel taking us around 3 of the big London railway stations – sounds nerdy but was interesting in terms of learning about their history, architecture and their development over time.

Here’s a little sample of the National Gallery tour with more to come on the other adventures later. We head off shortly to catch a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.