New York and cruise2022

Before I start today’s blog I want to point out that I am having difficulty in writing them in the third person particularly as the opinions and observations are usually mine. So from hereon in all the blogs will be in the first person. Sorry about that but hopefully it will make easier reading. Day two After breakfast we met with our courier and took a walk up to Central Park and had tea in the Plaza where we had a brilliant “afternoon”tea with all the trimmings albeit in the morning. The hotel reminded me of the Beverly Hills Wilshire and I kept expecting Miss Vivienne and Barny to walk in ( film buffs will know what I’m talking about) after we left the hotel on our own we took a walk along 5th Avenue in the rain. On one corner was a Donut stand and guess who were standing there, New York’s finest, so I had to have a photo op. We continued our exploration and at Broadway found the Disney shop so in we went and of course we didn’t come out empty handed. As It was still raining we dec...

The day has arrived, our taxi arrived and took us to Thorne Hill where we boarded the Oxford Airline coach to Heathrow. On arrival at Heathrow’s central bus station we navigated the concourse and found the bus stop for the Hoppa Bus that would transfer us to our overnight stop. We checked in and went straight for a meal. We were up early for our transfer from the hotel to the airport. It was horrendous as the bus got more and more crowded as the journey progressed, pocket book entry next time use a taxi. Anyway we arrived in one piece and were priority checked in. After arranging assistance for Val we had breakfast. We were then taken to security, it was an awful experience, we were treated like sh1t. After letting those behind us in the queue go past us Val was taken through, at other airports as her “carer” Bill was allowed through with her. Not here even his sunflower lanyard carried no weight. We did eventually get cleared but it took its toll on Bill’s anxiety. After a lovely bre...