Hello New York!

Some initial observations;

• Babies + planes = bad
• Two long haul flights and multiple time zone confusion = much sleepiness
• It's really cold when you are 11.5km's up (-59 C cold)
• Steam really does come out of holes in the pavement in NY!
• And they have cops stationed outside Macca's, maybe they were just waiting to pickup dinner....
  

The flights were good, mostly. I got pulled aside to be explosives tested and Danica got bag searched, both before we even left Sydney. We specified vegetarian food so we were always the first to be fed and it was really nice as well.
No major delays with our flights, but a few less than ideal seat mates.

Our current hotel at the Paramount is, well, crap.
It's about 3 x 3. A dinky, hard little double bed. The fridge is locked.
But the killer is there is NO sound proofing. And we are about a block away from Times Square, so it is super noisy (and the steam heater is making noises too).
We are looking to find a new hotel tonight/tomorrow (NY time - it's now just 20:20).


Despite the rough start, it is Valentine's Day, and I couldn't have hoped for better company both today and on the trip :)


But now, to sleep....hopefully.