After a long and torturous day of travel which began at 7:15am in London with an early morning tube journey across town from Embankment to Paddington, the fast train to Heathrow, the flight to New York and an extended transit through Newark airport as the automated immigration kiosks couldn’t read John’s finger prints and he got put in the problem queue, we finally made it to our hotel in midtown New York by about 6pm – or 11 pm London time.
The hotel is pleasant, in a great location near lots of things including the Empire State building, and luckily as we arrived shattered and in no mood to explore, it had a restaurant.
The next day we had booked a private tour to get a feel for a place neither of us had visited for over 30 years. We were with Sheldon and his driver Alex; and we certainly got to see more than we would ever have got to on our own, as well as hearing stories from Sheldon, a Brooklyn boy made good, the owner of the company we travelled with.
We started in midtown, but fitted in the Grand Central Station, the 9/11 memorial, Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, and drive-bys of heaps of other interesting spots and got recommendations of spots to eat and see. Nothing like a bit of local knowledge.
Here’s some highlights:
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Hi Lynne
I realise I can reply to your blog, even though I can’t comment on them or like them for some reason! It keeps telling me that my email password is incorrect. I don’t know what it knows that I don’t, but it is probably right!
The photos have been amazing. Lita was very impressed that you were back in Italy and had made your way to see artworks in Sicily! I loved the photos of the railway stations in London- very unexpected. I really like the way you have constructed your holiday- have to talk about that when you visit in January.
We are battling bushfires at the moment- well not us exactly, but we are feeling the effects of the smoke, so I can only imagine what a nightmare it must be closer to the fires.
Hope you get over you cold soon, always a nuisance when travelling!
Say hi to John
Regards
Jenny
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:30 PM mywalkingbootsarered wrote:
> lcbull2003 posted: “After a long and torturous day of travel which began > at 7:15am in London with an early morning tube journey across town from > Embankment to Paddington, the fast train to Heathrow, the flight to New > York and an extended transit through Newark airport as the” >
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