Outbound

At Heathrow, awaiting our 7 hour BA flight to Newark: take-off at 10:35 and arrival at 13:20. BA had cancelled the flight from Gatwick to JFK and moved us to this earlier take-off slot, which works out much better for us as we get to NYC, and to navigate our way to the hotel in

1st Day USA

Having just arrived in New York the Honeymoon has (literally) already reached dizzying heights. If a room on the 24th floor wasn’t high enough we ventured up to the roof terrace and took a few snaps. Gym session with a view anyone? After a short stroll up 6th Street, and some refuelling (how cool is

Downtown

Prepare yourself for an action packed report of our first full day in NYC. We left at 9am and (foolishly?) decided to walk downtown from mid-town Chelsea to catch the Staten Island ferry. We stopped to gaze up at the many and varied tall buildings along the way, sat in a pretty park and saw

Uptown

After a hearty Hyatt breakfast our NYC itinerary today featured a trip up to the 86th floor of the Empire State Building (wow, those views, those heights and lovely marble walls); coffee kerb-side amidst Times Square action (noise, people, colours, lights, sirens – Piccadilly might seem dull now); retail therapy at Macy’s (pic of Mac