Yeah har ...... we arrived in New York after 5 hours. We all got our baggage.... eventually!! We were all waiting by the baggage area waiting and Mam’s bag didn’t turn up. We had to go to Baggage Claim, where luckily it was there waiting for them!!
We checked with the Transport Information Desk what would be the cheapest way to get to the Hotel and they said a yellow cab cos there were 4 of us. We only had to go across the street outside and got into one sitting there.
It was about 40 minutes of Hell in that yellow cab. The driver was a nutter, he was so fast and nipping everywhere in and out of traffic. It was so much faster than the shuttle bus but we did think we were going to die. We made it to the hotel, The Seton Hotel on East 40th and Lexington (or Lex as the New Yorkers call it!).
We were a bit apprehensive when the guy behind the counter said we could only book for one night due to them having construction work upstairs. They would move us away from the noise for the rest of the stay. We got our keys and squeezed into the life to the 5th floor. Our rooms were a bit oldie worldy but it was clean.
After an hour of freshening up and getting our wedding clothes hung up, we were out and walking into the city. We saw the sights of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building as we were walking in.
It took us about 20 minutes to walk the blocks to arrive at Times Square. It was dark at this point and it was all lit up a treat ! It was seriously busy, people everywhere. Don’t think it helped that we were a bit jetlagged and in a daze. It all seemed a bit surreal walking round with tired eyes. There were loads of people sitting round watching the big screens cos they were showing the Season Finale of Lost.
The weather was lovely, really warm still even though it was late. After a little walk around we decided to just chill and rest our feet. We found a pub called Jacks just off Times Square. This place turned out to be our local!! It was such a lovely atmosphere, the staff were amazingly friendly and the beer wasn’t too bad either. Buds all round!!
After a few pints we decided to walk back to the hotel and chill for the evening. We were all wide awake, watching telly at 3am in the morning ..... bloody jetlag!!
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