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<font color=deeppink>I need a cup of tea and a big
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me.....only going to buy shoes
my mum......only going because she thought of it !
DD .... only going to go ice skating
DS....only going to ride in the elevator at the empire state building
Our trip started on the sunday 7th December after a meal at lunchtime in the local pub, we loaded up our cases and me mum and the kids headed to Heathrow.
We had got a room (well 2 actually) booked at the Renaissance incl parking, after driving round heathrow twice i eventually found the hotel
It was very busy as IBM were holding a childrens party ! we dumped our cases and headed into terminal three to Garfunkels and had a bite to eat.After that we chilled in the room and watched strictly before getting an early night.
Monday 8th December
we awoke at 5.30am and packed our things quickly and then back to terminal 3 to check in, i had not been able to do online check in for some reason
we used the check-in booth thing and all went well till the last minute when it failed to print out our docs so we ended up at the desk after all.
We had some toast in the terminal and watched the news reports about a protest at Stansted. the time passed really quickly and before we knew it they were calling us to the gate !
as you can see this was our plane....as i had the kids in tow i thought it was very aptly named
The plane was equipped with the V-Port entertainment system and i watched Mamma Mia and SATC
Just for joh ( i know she is worried about this) i can confirm that i managed to eat drink and talk on the plane all without being airsick IM CURED !!
Upon landing at JFK we aranged our onward transportation and after a very long journey into Manhatten we arrived at out Hotel...The Affinia Manhatten, The hotel was right opposite Madison square garden and was very central to all the sights
We had a lovely suite consisting of 2 bathrooms a large bedroom a large lounge and a kitchen area. we were on the 13th floor
we dumped our bags and headed to the empire state building ! now in hindsight this was a stupid idea, we were all very tired and had not anticipated just how huge the lines would be
here are a couple of pics
we just didn't do it justice ! we got a quick meal in an irish pub somewhere and headed back to the hotl and bed
Day 2 to follow
me.....only going to buy shoes
my mum......only going because she thought of it !
DD .... only going to go ice skating
DS....only going to ride in the elevator at the empire state building
Our trip started on the sunday 7th December after a meal at lunchtime in the local pub, we loaded up our cases and me mum and the kids headed to Heathrow.
We had got a room (well 2 actually) booked at the Renaissance incl parking, after driving round heathrow twice i eventually found the hotel
It was very busy as IBM were holding a childrens party ! we dumped our cases and headed into terminal three to Garfunkels and had a bite to eat.After that we chilled in the room and watched strictly before getting an early night.
Monday 8th December
we awoke at 5.30am and packed our things quickly and then back to terminal 3 to check in, i had not been able to do online check in for some reason
we used the check-in booth thing and all went well till the last minute when it failed to print out our docs so we ended up at the desk after all.
We had some toast in the terminal and watched the news reports about a protest at Stansted. the time passed really quickly and before we knew it they were calling us to the gate !
as you can see this was our plane....as i had the kids in tow i thought it was very aptly named
The plane was equipped with the V-Port entertainment system and i watched Mamma Mia and SATC
Just for joh ( i know she is worried about this) i can confirm that i managed to eat drink and talk on the plane all without being airsick IM CURED !!Upon landing at JFK we aranged our onward transportation and after a very long journey into Manhatten we arrived at out Hotel...The Affinia Manhatten, The hotel was right opposite Madison square garden and was very central to all the sights
We had a lovely suite consisting of 2 bathrooms a large bedroom a large lounge and a kitchen area. we were on the 13th floor
we dumped our bags and headed to the empire state building ! now in hindsight this was a stupid idea, we were all very tired and had not anticipated just how huge the lines would be
here are a couple of pics
we just didn't do it justice ! we got a quick meal in an irish pub somewhere and headed back to the hotl and bed
Day 2 to follow
she's old fashioned like that !
It's for her job and she's going for about 2.5 to 3 years so not forever, well we hope 
