New Yoik, New Yoik

... And where people say "cwa-fee" instead of "coffee". It's all true.

We arrived in our lovely hotel in NYC the other day, which compared to some places we've been in, is fairly palatial. Jodie is over the moon, as it's got a bathtub in it! Imagine that, ay, bathtubs.

From New York City

So far in New York, we have wandered around a lot, checked out all the shop windows which are all very impressive with the Christmas stuff, and attempted to go shopping a number of times. This usually results in me getting stressed out (no idea why we decided it would be a good idea to come to the shopping capital of the world at this time of year, there were more people in Macy's yesterday than the population of China), and Jodie returning with far more shoes than she originally went out with. All of this is related to something known only as 'Nine West". I have no idea what that means.

From New York City

We've seen quite a few of the sights here already, with a few more to do over the next few days. The weather is behaving itself, with today a balmy 15C and sunny sunshine, which is apparently far warmer than it should be, and a lot warmer than home.

From New York City

Christmas Day is now fully planned out - starting off with Champers for breakfast, a stroll around Central Park, then 4 course Christmas Meal back at the cosy hotel. Sounds great, but won't be as good as mum's cooking of course :(

From New York City

Our only concern at the moment is... the end... of the trip! It's all very scary stuff, so we'll avoid thinking about it until we absolutely have to. Which will be when we're heading to the airport on the 26th no doubt. Yikes!