You'll be surprised to know that our next day started with another sleep in. Well not surprised that I did but definitely that Mum and Mrs.Winrow did. I’m talking 9am before we even woke up let alone got out of bed. Not a big thing for me but definitely for them - they couldn’t quite believe it.
We started the day (even though it was the middle of the morning and not the start of the day) with a visit to the Empire State building (and dropping into a few shops on the way). There was a bit of a queue to get up to the viewing area but not too bad. I guess the cold weather helped and maybe the fact it was Christmas Eve. Security to get in was kind of like going to the airport and once we got through the check point we were amazed to see a young guy with a cap on that had Taliban written on it. I know it’s just a cap but still, we’re in the U.S. We didn’t expect to see that and were surprised he got through as they can be pretty strict when it comes to security at National monuments.
Anyway the view was absolutely amazing but very, very cold!
So a trip to Starbucks was in order. Skinny caramel latte’s all round - not to mention the chance to use the internet (the hoity, toity hotel we are staying at charges, naturally).
The ladies (sounds really posh that word but it’s shorter than saying Mum and Mrs. Winrow all the time - except for this time) wanted to take a horse and buggy ride through Central Park in the snow. It wasn’t snowing (tricky to organise that) but there was still plenty of snow around from the previous week. The driver thought we were English (again with that) which surprised me because he had an Irish accent so I thought he would have a better chance of getting it right. Anyway the ride was lovely but over too quickly.
We decided to stay in for the night and I spent the time doing my feet. I had bought one of those Pedi eggs and scraped and filed away until my feet were silky smooth! Add some moisturiser and they felt absolutely glorious.
Pretty exciting huh?
We started the day (even though it was the middle of the morning and not the start of the day) with a visit to the Empire State building (and dropping into a few shops on the way). There was a bit of a queue to get up to the viewing area but not too bad. I guess the cold weather helped and maybe the fact it was Christmas Eve. Security to get in was kind of like going to the airport and once we got through the check point we were amazed to see a young guy with a cap on that had Taliban written on it. I know it’s just a cap but still, we’re in the U.S. We didn’t expect to see that and were surprised he got through as they can be pretty strict when it comes to security at National monuments.
Anyway the view was absolutely amazing but very, very cold!
So a trip to Starbucks was in order. Skinny caramel latte’s all round - not to mention the chance to use the internet (the hoity, toity hotel we are staying at charges, naturally).
The ladies (sounds really posh that word but it’s shorter than saying Mum and Mrs. Winrow all the time - except for this time) wanted to take a horse and buggy ride through Central Park in the snow. It wasn’t snowing (tricky to organise that) but there was still plenty of snow around from the previous week. The driver thought we were English (again with that) which surprised me because he had an Irish accent so I thought he would have a better chance of getting it right. Anyway the ride was lovely but over too quickly.
We decided to stay in for the night and I spent the time doing my feet. I had bought one of those Pedi eggs and scraped and filed away until my feet were silky smooth! Add some moisturiser and they felt absolutely glorious.
Pretty exciting huh?
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