Hi from new york

An early start yesterday saw us catch the 8:15 am plane for new York which was actually quite a quick flight arriving in new york , I think about 12:30 which was 3:30pm new York time. Only problem was the JFK airport was so busy that firstly there wasn't a spot to offload usmpooemtravellers,and then when there was a spot there wasn't a pathwayso we sat on the Tarmac for an hour before we could get off!  From there we discovered that with our supper shuttle booking we had to give our names to the booking desk where we waited formourmdriver to come and fetch us.  That was nearly an hour, some didn't Rrive at the hotel until nearly eight oclock. Oh boy we're we ever hungry so we threw our gear into our tiny but nice room and dashed out right next door to tonys Italian. Yum yum. One huge salad and one huge delicious plate of ravioli was devoured in record time. No drinks spilled in me but the woman next to me to smash a glass that went under our table. Lol

Oh what a night though. We are at the Casablanca hotel right in the thick of things in times square. I now know for certain that the city that never sleeps definitely doesn't. The lights flashed us, the horns tooted at us, the party goers yahooed us........one sleeping tablet later and I didn't hear a thing!

That is until the alarm and it was up, dress down to ricks loung here in the hotel for their complimentary breakfast of cereal yoghurt pastries etc and we were picked up by mike our urban safarimtour guide.
He took us into the subway, onto the ferry to staten island, around lower manhattan ,Greenwich TriBeCa wall street and left us at the 9/11 museum which was really interesting. Oh my poor feet.
He was very knowledgeable and gave us lots of history, great hints etc.

Off to see Mary poppins tonight! Oh dear my typing on my iPad is improving . Sorry.

Talking about being tired. Did I mention that at all?  After,running around to buy a phone card and find a phone that,works and then remember to leave the 0 out  of 07 when dialing, I rang dad,for,his birthday a day early. Oh dear!

Hi from San francisco

Well at last I have been able to get back into my  blog. So much has happened. Tonight c and i went to a baseball game  which c was pretty excited about! Me, not so much,but despite,being cold i quite enjoyed myself. Of course the activities make the night. Kiss cam was hilarious and I was quite excited when pizzas were thrown into the crowd! Missed out though. Walked,there  and walked home   In a sea of seething orange and black. Luckily the Giants won so the San Franciscans were happy.Catherine blended in as she had been so cold , she had bought herself a Giants pullover. So onward to the Diva we marched careful not to trip over any of the many homeless people sleeping in the streets. Most at that time of night were in fact asleep and not begging as they are during the day.
By the way, The pitchers warmed up just in front of us so,got,some action shots.
Had lunch at the cheese cake factory today. Had a endive, pear and blue cheese  delicious salad followed by the best cheesecakemshared with Catherine. Had my bottle of mineral water spilt,on me by the waiter. He was most embarrassed , poor fellow. Lucky my new iPhone is in a waterproof case.
Went over to Sausalito on the ferry today. There was a Fellow at the wharf merrily strumming his guitar with his little dog ,dressed in pink dress and sunglasses perched on top of the guitar. We laughed and laughed. Just had a stroll along and checked out the shops but didn't purchase anything. There are quite a number of art galleries. A cute place for a visit.
Actually lined up for 45mins to catch the old tram from fishermans wharf back up to the city but couldn't,t leave without doing it.

We now have the hang of San Fran but its off to new York tomorrow. Hope we have free wifi at the hotel.