After travelling for a little more than 24 hours, we have finally arrived on time into LHR from Dubai. Our flight from MEL – DXB was 13 hours and 25 mins and we all enjoyed a nice breakfast in the…
Homeward Bound
After a wonderful 8 weeks, the inevitable is here. We are all currently sitting in the lounge at DFW airport awaiting our Qantas A380 flight back to AU. We are scheduled to arrive back into Sydney at 6am Saturday morning…
Last Few Days in Dallas
On Monday afternoon we flew from NY’s LaGuardia airport back to DFW to spend our last few days in the US. After nearly two months away, we only have 72 hours left for some final shopping, spending time with great…
Some Hoops at Madison Square Garden
We got up early on Sunday morning and headed north on the subway to 110th street and the top of Central Park. We then explored the top half of the park and walked south checking out the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir,…
Across the Hudson River, Hoboken Style
After watching so many episodes of Cake Boss at home we ventured across the Hudson River to Hoboken, New Jersey to visit the famous and original Carlo’s Bakery. It has been known to have lines waiting outside but we were…
Visit to Lower Manhattan and Times Square
This morning we set off on some more clothes shopping down 6th avenue before returning the hotel for an early lunch. We walked across the road and entered the subway from Penn Station and took the train down to South…
5th Avenue and Beyond
After arriving into NY’s LaGuardia Airport, we were driven into Manhattan to check in to our hotel a stone’s throw away from Madison Square Garden. We headed immediately out and walked north up 7th Avenue towards Times Square to take…
Start Spreading the News
As we move into the last two weeks of our USA2016 two month holiday, we have decided to make one last trip to one of the great cities in the world, New York, NY. On Tuesday morning we are flying…
Remembering and Strolling through San Antonio
We have enjoyed a great (and hot) day in San Antonio today doing three things. First we visited the Alamo and read through the history from 1836 with Davy Crockett et al. Then we walked along the Riverwalk in downtown…
Going Down the Bayou – Day in New Orleans
As we crossed the Mississippi / Louisiana border yesterday, we remembered a former student of Stuart’s (from when he was in the Army, as an instructor in El Paso, Texas) who grew up in Louisiana and who lives there now…