Our first day
First impressions of our hotel are still very favourable. We seem to have successfully crossed the line between the impression the brochure, website and travel agents created in our head of the hotel and the reality once we’d arrived. Our … Read more
Now leaving a wet rainy Blighty
At the unearthly hour of 3:30am we were woken by the alarm clock announcing that it was time to haul ourselves to the airport. Our journey wasn’t too bad due to the roads being pretty clear.Once at the airport we … Read more
Leaving the US!!
Today we’re up early to catch our flight from. JFK airport in Brooklyn back to Heathrow. Hopefully if things go to plan we’ll be back in Grenville road by 10pm tonight GMT. It’s been a great trip but I think … Read more
New York day three
We began the day as we had the previous day by grabbing a juice and bagel in the nafty breakfast buffet area. Then we swiftly headed down the now familiar path to our local station and waited with the myriad … Read more
New York day two
Waking up at 8am we dressed and sorted out our plan for the day. Not arriving to breakfast until 8:50am we found it packed out. Every one of the picnic tables was full and there were a few people milling … Read more
New York day one
We ventured down to the first floor for breakfast, to find it was a makeshift buffet with plastic knives and forks, paper plates and outdoor cafe tables. Being breakfast buffet critics (and snobs), we only gave it 3/10. I think … Read more
Washington Day 3
After a hearty breakfast, we stowed our cases in the left luggage room and headed out to the American Archives. Walking down Pennsylvania Avenue we paused for another look at the White House. This time stopping to see both the … Read more
Washington DC day 2
Beginning with a hearty breakfast we headed out on a walking tour of the sights around Washington. Most of the places we wanted to go were situated in close proximity so a walking tour seemed to be the best solution. … Read more
Washington DC day 1
Arriving at the hotel we found our room wasn’t ready due to it being about 11am. We stowed our bags in the left luggage room and headed out to find the Lincoln Memorial. The walk through the wide streets and … Read more
An early start
The alarm rang out at the unearthly hour of 4:45am. Despite us having agreed we didn’t need to be up until 5am, our brief night’s sleep seemed to have passed in the blinking of an eye. Tiding, packing and rejigging … Read more