We're back! After a very painless flight (definitely worth the extra for business class, although probably not something we'll be able to afford again for the forseeable future), we touched down at 7am this morning, and were met by Ro (disappointing not sporting a comedy name sign; apparently "Mr Bin Dair & Ms Dun Dat" might have sounded a bit too ( Read more... )

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Happy Independence Day ( Read more... )

Another good day today; also another scorcher. We breakfasted at the same place as yesterday, before wandering down Broadway, back to Battery Park. Boats doing tours of the harbour go from there, and we luckily arrived just a few minutes before one was due to leave, so we hopped onto that ( Read more... )

Our first day of New York tourism went pretty well. We had a fairly lazy start to the day, and went for a coffee in the sun on a nearby cafe terrace. Maybe we've struck lucky with the weather, but New York seems to be a lot less humid than DC was; there's also a lot more shade thanks to the fact that the roads are lined with highrise buildings. ( Read more... )

Skyscrapers and everything ( Read more... )

Open bar. A phenomenon that's distinctly less amazing when viewed from 8:00am the following day. Christ on a bike.

Wicked night though. A fuller update from New York.

Finally, the weather today has been pretty much perfect. It's still very warm, but there's a decent breeze, and it's not humid at all ( Read more... )

The rain has finally passed, taking with it pretty much every shred of cloud in the sky. This means the risks of flash flooding have gone, but it's also really, really hot out there ( Read more... )

We seem to have picked a fairly bad time to come to DC; there were more floods and heavy rainstorms last night. A fair percentage of the museums are shut, thanks to the weather, so we decided to do more shopping (clothes etc for home) today rather than head into town proper. The forecast is that the next few days should see the rain tapering off, ( Read more... )