New york

Bella wrote: So me and the lad aged 17 are off to New York.

OH not a fan of US so wont be coming with us.

We will be 3 ladies of  a bit of an older age , a 10 year old and the 17 year old.

What shall we do?  My Lad will want to look at fashion but guess both the boys will want to look gaming stuff.

So Nintendo shop

Brooklyn for my lad

Thorin wrote:

Bella wrote: So me and the lad aged 17 are off to New York.

OH not a fan of US so wont be coming with us.

We will be 3 ladies of  a bit of an older age , a 10 year old and the 17 year old.

What shall we do?  My Lad will want to look at fashion but guess both the boys will want to look gaming stuff.

So Nintendo shop

Brooklyn for my lad

Hope you all have a great time Bella

Bella wrote:

Thorin wrote:

Hope you all have a great time Bella

Me too, very last moment last thing.  Just want to do what we can before my lad my lad is 18

Bella wrote:I think we will be there when it  is Chinese New year.

My passport ran out, now in Durham at a nice hotel overlooking the river opposite passport place. Hope I've filled in all right for tomorrow.

Oh, well nice extra holiday to get passport and visit husbands relatives in the North east

Roger Whitaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XcuN5hZwk

Ben Reilly wrote:Definitely do the touristy stuff -- Statue of Liberty, go up the Empire State building, visit Rockefeller Center and see the skating rink, go to Times Square, etc. Depending on how much time you have, you can also visit Greenwich Village and Chinatown.

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:Definitely do the touristy stuff -- Statue of Liberty, go up the Empire State building, visit Rockefeller Center and see the skating rink, go to Times Square, etc. Depending on how much time you have, you can also visit Greenwich Village and Chinatown.

My most vivid memories of my last trip across the pond are...(a) being propositioned by a "lady of the night" at 8.30 in the morning in Wilshire Boulevard, LA when I was desperately seeking a source of baccy for my pipe; (b) picking up my hire Chevvy at LAX, only to find that it was an auto - something I had never previously driven; (c) joining rush hour traffic...and not having an earthly clue where I was going and (d) finishing up in an area of LA that was, apparentlly, a definite no-no for tourists (South Central?) and being pulled over by a very understanding cop who, with commendable good humour, sent me on my way - in the right direction.

Great country, and I'd love to go again but for the fact that my passport has expired and I'm just too ancient to go about getting a new one.

Bella wrote:

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

My most vivid memories of my last trip across the pond are...(a) being propositioned by a "lady of the night" at 8.30 in the morning in Wilshire Boulevard, LA when I was desperately seeking a source of baccy for my pipe; (b) picking up my hire Chevvy at LAX, only to find that it was an auto - something I had never previously driven; (c) joining rush hour traffic...and not having an earthly clue where I was going and (d) finishing up in an area of LA that was, apparentlly, a definite no-no for tourists (South Central?) and being pulled over by a very understanding cop who, with commendable good humour, sent me on my way - in the right direction.

Great country, and I'd love to go again but for the fact that my passport has expired and I'm just too ancient to go about getting a new one.

 Nice story but don't think you  are ever too old. Get a new passport, you only live once!  

I got mine renewed , a relief

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

Bella wrote:
 Nice story but don't think you  are ever too old. Get a new passport, you only live once!  

I got mine renewed , a relief

I don't think I need one now, Bella. I don't go much further than Milton Keynes these days, and Trump doesn't have a great deal of influence there!

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

I don't think I need one now, Bella. I don't go much further than Milton Keynes these days, and Trump doesn't have a great deal of influence there!

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

Bella wrote:

America would not be my choice but for my Lad but come on the world is your oyster, age is no barrier
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Fact is, Bella, that I'm one of those lucky people who can truly say "been there, done that...and got the t-shirt."

Been to America, Mexico, Far East, Middle East, a lot of Africa...got shot at on the Golan Heights (the bugger missed, fortunately), stood at the birthplace of Christ and with my feet either side of the equator - cried like a baby on the Rock of Masada, flown in everything from a Tiger Moth to a jet bomber and an airship...not a lot left on my bucket list now.

About the only place I regret not having visited is Australia - I would have loved to see Ayers Rock. Somehow Milton Keynes can't quite match that!