The Big Apple

After Cincinatti we wandered off the beaten track again to see Falling Water the Frank Lloyd Wright house which was worth the effort! Though the snowy mountain roads were a bit scary. Amazing how you can go from snow to sunny in such a short space of road in this country. So here we are in sunny and cold NYC (well NJ to be precise) and a much needed day of rest. My husband has gone into the city with plans to spend the afternoon in a bar watching Chelsea v Liverpool which is even more bizarre cuz he's a Man City supporter. Oh well no accounting for taste....

Oh and I thought I hated mobile phones at home....at least at home it is now illegal to use them while driving (tho I can't help but feel they shd be illegal to use while walking too) but the Americans haven't quite grasped that idea. On the road yesterday there were sooo many people wandering around the road, suddenly putting brakes on for no reason, changing lanes with no warning all because they are either yapping or dialling or in one case READING A TEXT whilst doing 70 miles an hour! Surprisingly we saw at least three accidents over the last two days and I doubt people walked away from any of them. Add to that their somewhat casual attitude to drink driving and the roads here are certainly dangerous places to be. I love the traffic signs warning you to be alert for drunk drivers. How bizarre, that the sober driver needs to be careful because so many others may not be and how exactly are you supposed to know they are drunk until they're heading towards you in a threatening manner by which time it may well be too late. Thankfully they have superb public transport systems both above and below ground and the bus network in NYC is fantastic for someone like me cuz we can get a bus and go just a couple of stops so I don't have to walk that much and where the buses don't go the subway does. Tomorrow we go into town and I don't really know where we'll go. My son wants to obviously hit the comic shops but he says he also wants to do some sightseeing so we'll see. There are parts of Central Park we haven't seen and his father and me can do a museum or two on Friday. There is always something more to do in NYC.