McPlassmann Honeymoon

Well I'm writing this entry from a dinky little internet terminal in JFK airport. The airport itself is HUGE (I think 8 terminals from memory) but we are in terminal 1, and isn't very big by far. I thought it would be a lot bigger than this, so this internet access is the best its going to get!

We're waiting for the Lufty flight to Frankfurt atm - we have a possibility of being upgraded to Business class by Hesters Lufty rep through work, so fingers crossed, but I won't be holding my breath We've got about 5hrs to kill because we had to try and beat the peak hour rush getting out of the city, so yeah it's a bit boring. Nothing like Singapore Changi - not many shops to look around and stuff.

Despite that, I don't think I've ever done more shopping than in NY. Hester is a MANIAC. You know that song - I'll remind you - "She's a MANIAC in New York, and she's shopping like she's never shopped before"...

Hester had so many other stores she wanted to finished, she needed to draw on Ali's list creating experience and write a "stores to visit" list on Thursday!

Items purchased? Try three bags, tops, skirts, two pairs of shoes...! We even got through Lufty luggage checkin without having to pay excess, woohoo!

We scored a "Coach" brand bag from this dodgy asian lady on Canal St - looks like a virtually perfect knockoff to me. Canal St is crazy.

We were planning on getting the ferry to Ellis Island this morning, but it was raining quite a bit, and the wait in line was 45mins (standing in the rain) so I convinced Hester that probably wasn't such a good idea. A bit disappointing, the Immigration Museum looked interesting in the brochure, but you can only do so much in 2 full days I guess.

We did the Sex and the City tour yesterday which was very good - Hester loved it of course. The tour guide was great, genuinely a fan and very knowledgable and funny. She's a stand-up comic locally which isn't surprising.

I have a few random thoughts on NY that have been bouncing around in my head the last few days, so here they are:

- New Yorkers seem to have this uncanny ability to predict when to cross the street at traffic lights. They all as a group move off the curb even before the walk sign lights up... It's amazing, maybe evolution at work! I bet all the tourists can be picked by those diligently waiting at the crossings hoping not to get hit by a crazy taxi driver, while the locals are yelling at the taxi drivers, while dodging them all at the same time...

- New Yorkers can be amazingly rude and so random acts of kindness really surprise you.

- Century 21 is the MADDEST department store I've ever seen. I walked through a few levels trying to find Hester, when I stumbled on the womens shoes area and they are like VULTURES. Women and shoes, I tell you.

- Rubbish bags just appear on the side of the street and disappear just as randomly - dont they have bins here?

- I watched one woman failingly try to hail a taxi cab - I think there is a black art involved. I felt sorry for the poor old lady - I hope she caught one in the end.

We caught the subway from Midtown to the airport which worked out quite well in the mind and saved us a packet of money.

My 20mins is almost up so must go and bore my time away instead. Till next time!

Oh btw... Go Brumbies! - I don't think we'll make the finals anyway Stupid Chiefs!

Craig and Hester