The Bronx

Today we travelled to the Bronx and went to the zoo, believe it or not!! Arriving at the gate we were confronted by around 100 school buses and hundreds of kids - just our luck but the zoo is over 200Weiterlesen
Today we travelled to the Bronx and went to the zoo, believe it or not!! Arriving at the gate we were confronted by around 100 school buses and hundreds of kids - just our luck but the zoo is over 200Weiterlesen
Yesterday was one of those days, caught up on sleep then decided to get out of our cramped quarters, out into a very wet & windy day, even had my umbrella turn inside out. Very cold too. ThankWeiterlesen
Temperature change, thank goodness. Arrived at union Station to sunshine, short 10 min walk uphill to our 'luxury' airbnb. What a contrast to New York, our accommodation is great, close to loads ofWeiterlesen
Great hop on hop off bus today sussing out what we want to visit the next couple of days. Arlington Cemetery to visit JFK gravesite & the eternal flame. Changing of the guard at the Tomb of theWeiterlesen
Little walk down our road is Capitol Hill so off we toddled this morning to join the crowds. We managed join a tour immediately, right time, right place!!! Architecture is amazing, no words canWeiterlesen
33 degrees so a slow start. Not walking in this heat so Uber to White House Visitor Center for a virtual tour. Interesting photos and displays, so much history. We now know a lot more about AmericanWeiterlesen
Uber of course to the airport but google decided to send us the wrong way, thank goodness our guy knew the right way. Bit of road rage to deal with and one finger salute got us to the airport. Sat onWeiterlesen
Off to the NASA Space Centre this morning, all we can say is WOW. Such an amazing place. We did a tour through the actual training centre and were blown away with the way in which they train and justWeiterlesen
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Now Thursday - time to put Find Penguins to bed for now. Finally over jet lag. We arrived home on Sunday from Houston after a 15 hour flight. We all thoroughly enjoyed seeing Lawrence, then attendingWeiterlesen
Steve ComptonEnjoy keeping track of you both. What a great trip. Arohanui. xxx