New York – we have arrived!

New York – we have arrived!
New York, NY

New York, NY

Well, that was all pretty easy! The only wrinkle was right at the start when the flight was a bit late leaving Sydney. But there was a positive side – the flight itself was just under 13 hours instead of the expected 14. As per every traveller’s dread, there was a very young baby on the flight … who proceeded to be the best behaved baby ever, nary a peep out of it the whole time. The seats were comfy, really appreciated the extra legroom in premium economy, and got over the shock of using cutlery made of metal, and drinking out of glass, instead of the usual plastic 🙂

Despite all the horror stories I’ve heard about LAX, it was really easy to get through, perhaps it helped that we arrived at about 6AM local time. We made it back on the plane with plenty of time to spare, ready for the flight to NY. The plane was half empty by this time so it was a more relaxed flight, managed to get a decent snooze. Next minute… Hello New York!

Glad we took the lazy option and booked someone to meet-and-greet us at the airport and drive us to the hotel. Made things easy. The ‘Tryp by Wyndham’ is lovely, room isn’t exactly big, but big enough, very clean and modern, and we look right on to the massive “New Yorker” hotel across the road. We arrived about 6:30 pm, so went out for a wander and started ticking off the tourist things already. Pretzel from a street vendor? Check. Times Square? Check. And I thought Tokyo had lots of neon signs and advertising – doesn’t compare to the sheer volume of Times Square. Also visited Toys R Us with a massive indoor Ferris wheel… Gosh. Found our way back to the hotel a bit later on and just crashed, a bit tired for some reason! But an excellent start to this big holiday adventure.