We woke at 5.30am feeling human. We had breakfast at the deli next to the hotel and then went to south port on the subway. There was work going on so we had to get off and catch a bus for the last bit. We got on the Staten Island ferry at 9.30 to look at the statue of liberty. You basically leave the terminal, the crossing takes half an hour, then disembark at the other end walk round and get back on. Fortunately it is free. When we got back to the Manhatten side the queue to get the ferry [View Full Entry]

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The day before departure was manic. We finished packing the bags at about midnight and then went to bed at 1am. The alarm duly woke us at 4.30am. We threw stuff at it and went back to sleep and eventually relented and got up at 5. Checked in online, which meant we didn't have to queue. We can recomend Virgin Atlantic if you have kids. The girls were given a good quality bags, that have now replaced the ones they did have, full of stuff to do. I watched hot fuzz on the plane over and was in absolute histerics most [View Full Entry]

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Well thats it!!! Nearly all packed and ready to go... Looking forward to drinking our bottle of Tattinger to toast our trip, curtesy of Russ's work... THANKS GUYS!! We will be posting as and when we can... So I guess all thats left to say is see you next year ... XXX [View Full Entry]

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