We woke up later today as we were feeling pretty seedy. I was still in my clothes from the night before; apparently Marnee had told me several times to change but I didn’t. We made our way on the subway down to Grand Central station to take some photos and show Nick around. It’s still breathtakingly beautiful no matter how many times you see it. From there we jumped back on the subway to E23rd/Broadway station to go and take some photos of the Flatiron Building. This was built in 1902 and because of its shape is considered to be a ground breaking skyscraper. As with numerous other wedge-shaped buildings, the name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a cast-iron clothes iron. After some photos we jumped back on the subway to 16th St Station to ... read more

Nick was being lazy this morning then in the evening had planned to meet up with his mate Kurt in New Jersey so Marnee and I had a day to be ladies of leisure. We got up and ready then headed round the corner to McDonalds for a quick breakfast. Then we jumped on the subway; my plan was to go and pick up my camera from the repair shop while Marnee ran round trying to find us tickets to a Broadway show for tonight. We were on the train when I realised I’d forgotten the slip for the camera shop so got off at the next stop and went to get that while Marnee continued in the direction of times square. I went back to the hotel, collect the stub and got back on the ... read more

We didn’t start today too early. We got ready and jumped on the train down to Café Gitane at the Jane Hotel in the West Village. I’d seen food photos from this café on the internet so had been wanting to go. It was a really cool café in a very quiet part of town. There was lovely furniture from many different eras but it all worked together. I got waffles with bananas, strawberries and blueberries, Nick got the organic beef, mashed potatoes cheese and salad and we shared a breakfast smoothie. Marnee got vegemite toast with a breakfast smoothie. From there we had about an hour to fill in so explored more of the West Village and into Greenwich Village. We walked up Jane St and onto Hudson St and stopped off (for Nick to ... read more

Everyone had got a pretty good sleep, but I wanted everyone to get up and enjoy my last day of being 29. We went downstairs and had breakfast at a restaurant called Maxine that was also attached to our hotel. Before getting down there though, there must have been a huge storm (that we had somehow missed) as the roads were all flooded; just another Florida downpour. At Maxine's I had a giant chicken and bacon sandwich which came with chips, Nick got a burger and Marnee got Bacon and eggs; all the meals were huge. From there we went for a walk in search of South Beach. We found it and it was beautiful. Huge area of white sand and lovely cool water to swim in. We sunbaked, explored and swam for hours. We headed ... read more

Another early start for us as today we were heading to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Nick went down to breakfast and prepared our table with cutlery and drinks as he had the last few mornings, then Marnee and I headed down once we’d finished getting ready. Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant again this morning. The concierge suggested the easiest way to get to the studios was to get a cab to one of the Disney Hotels and from there we jumped on a boat which took us up the river to the entrance of the park. Our driver to that park was lovely, her name was Lily and we made arrangements with her to pick us up tomorrow when we needed to go downtown to get the bus to Miami. Upon entrance we headed in the ... read more