We arrived late at night into JFK Airport having flown from London Heathrow Airport. We actually flew from Hurgharda to London Heathrow and spent a night there at the Sofitel Hotel at the airport. It was a wise decision to break up the long flight across two day, especially because I suffered a short but intense bout of gastro - not fun- but after a good night sleep at the Heathrow Sofitel, I was fine for the flight across the Atlantic.

The next day was our offical first day in New York City and we had a bit of a late start where we did some much needed washing at the laundry facilities in the accommodation. I took the girls out to Macy’s which was only a few blocks up from where we were staying in Midtown, while Braino tackled washing just about everything in our luggage. (We didn’t have access to any free laundry facilities while in Egypt)

The afternoon brought a light drizzle with it but still we ventured off to the iconic Times Square where we had a look in some of the surrounding shops like the Disney Store and the M&M store. The girls loved choosing from the huge variety of colours of M&Ms.

From there we caught the subway up to the edge of Central Park (5th Ave &59th St ) but the rain had set in by this stage and we didn’t get far into the park before heading back in search of a diner or cafe but we came across a subeay station first and decieded to called it a day.