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New York - Day 12
Our alarms went off at 5am, not for an early flight
or pre dawn check out. I wanted a photo with the Wall Street Bull, without a
million people crowding round it! The business district is very quite on
weekends like in any city but the Bull constantly had people surrounding it.
Our 5am date with the Wall Street Bull
So with just one police car for company we took it
in turn for pictures and a quick rub of the Bulls balls (it’s good luck, there
are defined rub marks!) before heading back to our hotel to pack. Again, I mean
Mike packed, carefully rolling up our clothes, protecting our gifts and
trinkets. I on the other had fallen asleep in an armchair gracefully dribbling
over my left shoulder - sexy!
Once I had woken, Mike had finished packing and we
had checked out; we went to lovely restaurant for brunch and New
York staple! For bloody Mary’s and Eggs Benedict!
With a couple of hours until our airport bus would arrive, we went to the Hilton Hotel bar. Mike on his laptop me reading when I fell
asleep with my head in the book that was lying on the table - where a now
infamous phone was taken!
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| A tad sleep |
Our bus arrived 2 hours early so we had a lot of
waiting around in the airport even resorting to playing eye spy! When we
eventually were able to check our luggage in United Airlines were atrociously bad
mannered and unhelpful. The check in support woman proceeded to mock our
accents (and not in a cute way!) and when we asked about checking in the wheelchair she told us it wasn’t her job and that being a member of
their miles club was irrelevant even if I had prebooked support before making
the trip.
We had time to kill and dollars to use up, looking for a few last minute bits, when I needed to use the
bathroom and whilst in there a woman actually asked me “Don’t you people have
your own bathroom?” bloody cheeky mare!
When we got to our gate we spoke to a lady
called Laura who said she’d see what she could do since we’d been placed at the
back of the plane with no assistance or paperwork for the wheelchair.
Annoyingly Laura came back and said that there was
no where else for us to be seated and proceeded to look blankly at us. So a
said “So.... how am I getting to my seat?” to which she replied “I don’t know”
- Helpful!
I then asked if they had the aisle wheelchairs
available and the United staff were like “Oh yeah, great idea” - I wanted to
bang my head against the wall at this point.
When we eventually got to our seats and got comfy, my instructions to Mike were that I would be going to sleep, I didn’t want any food, drinks
or loo trips. That’s exactly what I did, I slept the whole 8 hours home. Mike
didn’t, he was awake all night watching movies trying to stay on US time as we
were getting home Monday Morning and he was flying straight back to work in
California the following day - poor dude!
We got to
Heathrow and Mike’s Mum picked us up. Arriving home we had to unpack
immediately so that Mike could repack all over again, no rest for the wicked!
On Tuesday Mike had left by 6am and I sat in our living
room alone, thinking “A week ago I was sailing on the Hudson and sitting on top
of the Empire State Building” I couldn’t help be a tad sad!
New York is an amazing city and we had the most
spectacular time. I would highly recommend visiting such a vibrant and
energetic place, it is very expensive but if you plan your trip and look up
deals it doesn’t have to be so pricey. If you’re a movie or TV fan it’s so much
fun to see all the places from your favourites.
Despite 12 days in New York there was so much more we
didn’t get to do, Mike and I have decided to return to the city for our 35th
Birthdays in 5 years for another big city adventure!
L x
P.S... I leave you with this awesome Squirl who was working his angles.....
....work it, my furry friend.... work it!
L x
