It's so great to be back from the land of the zombies, now that the jet lag has subsided. I woke up refreshed courtesy of my gargantuan king bed and comfy suite. After a hearty breakfast, I boarded the ferry to Manhattan and headed to West Village. It's a charming area with lots of historic buildings and cozy small shops. After a cinnamon chai latte from Starbucks, I embarked on the subway on to 42 st and the Harry Potter exhibition. It was quite a treat to see s...

Ok so I wake up to find there is an iPhone music dock next to my bed...how did I not see that before? (all that jet lag haze). Now I am listening to my music, while looking at the Statue of Liberty bathed in sunlight. My life is complete! :) If you reader ever come to New York, you must stay at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey. It´s such an awesome hotel and the view is breathtaking! I am gonna go ahead and post new pics in the photo session, so you can see what I a...

Time Square is a mystery to me. Such a famous landmark I obviously looked forward to see. However it's just an awfully busy street with unpleasant smells, TONS of screens showing all sort of ads and people queuing to see themselves on the screens. I guess you're gonna love it if you well... like screens. I liked Uptown so much better. It had an elegance to it due also to its proximity to Central Park . Anyway it was interesting to see this hub. Even though to me ...

This morning I decided to take the ferry from Jersey to WFC hoping the fresh air would wake me up from my jet-lag haze. It partially worked. Now watching a squirrel digging out some nuts presumably, as I'm enjoying my first real pizza in 5 months, gluten free of course, washed down with ginger ale. Central Park is sunny and quiet today. Been walking through uptown amongst very quaint buildings! The subway was quite filthy I must say but very convenient. Now tim...

You know you're in the ultimate land of consumers when you can buy a voice activated R2D2 from your in-flight magazine! As well as LOTR memorabilia! I feel my only salvation now would be to cut my credit card as soon as I land :) There is a nice sunset here at 30000 feet over Michigan. The flight over the Atlantic was amazingly fun: tons of movies and entertainment and great gluten-free food. I feel I got my money's worth :) US customs the only downside: now for...