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This day was to be over shadowed by the main event happening tonight! But we needed to do something for the day to go bye. So we once again put on our woollies and trudged up towards Central Park and aiming for Nike Town. Needing fuel we stopped by a little eatery by the name of Gregory's and had our selves some warming coffees and toast. We found Nike town and perused the floors of different Nike apparel. Americans not working for tips certainly do not put in the customer service as do their counterparts. Anyway after we waited 20mins for the larger size jumper for Ollie, we realised the correct choice was made. He looked the goods, model material for sure. Bec decided she wanted more culture in the day than a few large sweaty ... read more

No white Christmas as we were hoping for, but it certainly had the cold. Coldest day of the trip so far and we found out that it had actually snowed earlier that morning, just not enough to hang around. Never mind we had ourselves a lovely Christmas lunch planned gifted to us from the English Walkers. The restaurant that was booked was called Bryant Park Grill and it was located in Bryant Park, go figure. so after we did a bit of pressie opening, well watching Ollie open presents, we decided to brave the cold and head to the park a couple of hours earlier to check out the markets, the ice rink and of course another giant Christmas tree. It was indeed cold but Ollie and I warmed up on pretzels and churros while we ... read more

Sooo much done, but still so much to do. But before that, time to have a big ol' healthy breakfast of Nutella French toast American style! When I say American style I mean a serve big enough that not even I can finish it, and that's saying a lot. The quaint little venue this morning was called Penelope's and we met our Pokémon hungry friend Fish there first, and as it wasn't ready we managed to get a quick coffee and Pokémon walk in before being seated, much to the joy of our non Pokémon peeps. With a late start, a walk around, an extended breakfast and a bottomless mug of coffee we found that we didn't have a lot of time to dilly dally before the show Aladdin was to start at the Amsterdam theatre. ... read more

Early rise puts us out the front of our apartment, into our van and on the road to Washington by 0700. First stop was Delaware, just a quick stop for a pretzel at Cinabon and a quick coffee, extra weak. Another pit stop at Maryland and then into the heart of freedom and the white glare of the Capital. May the odds be in your favour. Straight into the fray with a tour of Capitol Hill. God I love my politics, maybe even as much as Ollie (check the OMG I'm bored pic). Out of the frying pan into the fire in the top seats of the Senate and watching nobody listen to some dude wallow on about some Russian theory involving Trump. Can not get enough! Do I really have to leave. Got out of ... read more

With a whole lot of flying under our belts and a bit of sleep in our eyes we figured what better way to clear our heads and get our bearings was to go for a nice stroll. Nothing too extreme just a waltz down to Grand Central Station to start ticking boxes! A bit chilly, around 6 degrees nothing we cant handle, but I am glad I changed out of shorts. After the Station we found our way to the New York Public Library. Checked its Chrissy tree and book train and realised that sleep was very much needed. As it was getting dark we agreed on an early night, followed by a quick 14-16 hour sleep. I did manage to squeeze in a couple of Bud Lites and a Philly Cheese Steak before bed! When ... read more