Days 60, 61 & 62 NEW YORK CITY to Hillsborough to Jersey City, New Jersey (83 Miles- 10,272 Miles Total)

These 3 day blogs really have to stop. But the last few days have been very exciting as we celebrated Thanksgiving, took in the last of New York and headed over the bay to New Jersey.

Thanksgiving evening was great fun as we took in the local area and ended up in a rather nice Irish American bar where there was no closing time. We chatted to the locals, drank with the barman and for the first time on this tour I felt we weren't tourists but guests and enjoying thanksgiving much the same way that a lot of other Americans do.

Friday brought Black Friday. Sales in the shops, queues round the block and a stinking hangover which I was strangely feeling in my thighs. We shopped, we saw (more) and in the evening took in another show in "Pal Joey" with the rather wonderful Stockard Channing. That brought an end to our time in New York (well we have a show there next Tuesday but we're in and out, so to speak). It may be obvious from this blog, but I loved New York. I loved everything about it. I was trying to find out from folk in the bar if they loved it too, or, as is the case for me in London, they hate what tourists love. You can't really see a city like NewYork in 3 days, but I liked what I saw and am keen for more. New York also did what I thought was impossible, it made me love London a little bit more as well.

On Saturday morning we headed to New Jersey for a couple of shows. We saw "Australia" which is a great film and then on Sunday we headed back to Jersey City just outside New York where we'll have a day off and then head in on Tuesday for 2 shows in downtown Manhattan.

That's that then, the last week has been immense. We're on the home stretch now, looking forward to getting home and being able to cook some food again (Anna's even dreaming about cooking)

Til then

Alan

State lines crossed 1 (45 Total)
Time Zones crossed 0 (3 Total)
Oil Changes 1 (3 Total)