Today we flew in new York and after a rough plane trip we took a jarring shuttle ride to Manhattan. Bump, bump ow, bump, bump, ow, bump, bump...you see. Finally, we arrived at our hotel, got to our room and went: "oh" The room was not that great. After that, we went down to Central Park, where we hired pedicabs to show us around. There was a lake, and there were row boats you could use to row around in. We learnt that the only things in the park that weren't adde...

We've had a lot of trouble with wi fi the last few days... This post is from a bus which is more reliable than anywhere else! We are currently in Toronto but heading to New York tomorrow so have hopes for a better connection. Toronto is marvellous...I am so glad we came here and can't wait to revisit it as its own destination. We only managed to catch a taster of the art and architecture here, but at least got the chance to see all of Toronto from the CN Tower! ...

Niagara Falls was awesome! It is something that you have to visit in real life to truly experience it. When we went on the boat, we got so close to the horseshoe falls that even if you were shouting it was hard to hear. We loved getting soaked through by the mist and bouncing over the churning water. The Canadian side of Niagara Falls is full of things to do, like a mini (and family friendly) Las Vegas. It is a bit bizarre that you just look across the river, and...

Today was a flying day... We left our hotel at 6am and headed out to catch a plane to Toronto, Canada. It was raining when we left so we picked a good day to go! The flight was 5hrs, but it went really quickly. We just had time to watch Zootopia and Kung Fu Panda 3. We had a bit of a bad flight because 1 of our screens was broken (but luckily we have a share cable for the headphones so we just shared a screen). The we couldn't buy any food on the plane because th...

Today we had a farewell brunch with the newly wed couple (it went on for hours) and said goodbye to all our cousins from around the world. Then we trundled back over the Golden Gate Bridge again, to spent our last afternoon/night in the city of San Francisco. We spent the afternoon exploring Pier 39, Fishermans Wharf, which was very busy and full of tourists. We couldn't do our treasure hunt because there were too many people, and we couldn't ride the famous caro...