Well, Sunday night, this time next week we will be well and truly in NYC. Fly out Saturday morning AUS time and arrive 5ish US time, which will be about 7am here at home, so nearly 23 hours later.... The last week has been a bit rocky, with Snug getting crook, work nuts and my Melbourne to LA seating messed around. Everything seems sorted now, but a tad stressful...figure this week WILL be better. Three days of work, then a day off and off to Melbourne on Friday. Have had a stack of stuff strewn on the spare bed for a week or two, so had a practice pack this weekend...as per pics below...I think it will fit. However the 60 million dollar question is how MUCH does it WEIGH?
Still found time to get out on the Rail Trail, was nice in the sunshine today and Snug certainly enjoys the ability to wander around, rather than being on the lead.
So that will be it till next week I reckon, I don't know if I will blog before we arrive.
Well, there has been much emailing, phoning, facebooking, googling, spreadsheets, currency exchange, online banking transfers and planning. AND a lot of watching the Aussie dollar plummet in value. We have a confirmed 6 of us travelling to NYC in September to celebrate a year in which several of us turn 50. We have purchased many bits and pieces - New York City passes, tours, accommodation, flights, transfers, concerts, Broadway shows, baseball tickets, walking tours, hop on hop off buses and probably more than that. So we are less than a month away from departure and plans are bedding down. One thing I have deduced is that I reckon as we visit the "city that never sleeps" that we are going to mirror that lack of sleep, to jam in all the things we each want to see. So to fill you in.... Some time ago, Sandra and I were visiting my sister, to check out the new apartment she and family had bought. Sandra mentioned we should 'do' something to mark the occasion of our big FIVE OH! and suggested New York...so the journey began, it must have been at least 18months to two years ago. Friends were advised and offers put 'out there.' The previous post was following our first 'trip meeting' in January 2015. We had grand plans to use the blog to assist with planning, as you can see by the first post we didn't get far. We began with 8 possible travellers and starting searching for accommodation. Over the next few weeks our numbers dwindled and we landed with our final six. Sandra, Lyn, Carolyn and I - (all friends from Echuca High School), Julie and Kathy (friends of Sandra's from College and teaching). Sandra, Lyn and I are spending 13 nights in NYC, Kathy spending 12, then Carolyn and Julie join us for the second week. Lyn and I also decided to spend an extra week - over time we determined that the extra days would be spent as follows - 2 nights each in Boston, Washington and LA.
