NYC

We are up 5.30 this morning after an early night, we’ve still not fully acclimatised. We leisurely get ready for the airport shuffle. It’s Thanksgiving here in the USA which is a big celebration. Everywhere’s a little bit quieter in Memphis even the airport, Janet tries biscuits and gravy for breakfast, which is basically scones covered in a savoury sauce - again the portions are huge. She is back on form with a beer for breakfast, well we are on holiday. Do a little bit of smooshing as initially we are not sat together on the plane, the gate guy Mike soon rectified it.
2 and a half hour flight to La Guardia airport spotting Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty 🗽 on the way in. My friend Uber is once again called upon to get us to the hotel, traffic is quite busy especially in and around the hotel but the Uber driver tells us today is a very quiet day due to the holiday, oh lord I’d hate to see it busy. The drivers are a little bit nuts as well, but we survive and get settled in our 21st floor room. The rooms are a little on the small side to what you get used to in the Uk but clean and fresh, we don’t plan on spending much time in our room anyways.
We venture out to Times Square, it a bit bloody cold. First stop is for lip balm for me and tights for Janet to warm her up, courtesy of Walgreens. We wander out of Times Square and find a little bar, get chatting to a Wandering Jew - Janet think he’s full of sh*t I tend to agree. On for food and we find a nice little Chinese (Savour Sichuan), full of “locals”. Think we are the only ones not using chopsticks but it’s very nice. Another stop at an Irish bar (it had to happen) as we head back to the hotel before we sample the bar delights there. Stopping to get Janet a hat as she is already thinking it’s too cold😀. Nothing planned for tomorrow currently, we will see how we feel in the morning and decide from there 🍏🇺🇸Read more