Get ready New York & Israel – the Ellers are on their way :)
Posted in Uncategorised on Mar 10th, 2019
5 March 2019: Monument day today.. and there were so many to see so we caught the subway up to Union Station and once again used a hop on hop off bus. It was a stunning cloudless day but quite nippy at 3 degrees. We had limited time as the train back to New York […]
Posted in Uncategorised on Mar 5th, 2019
4 March 2019: The predicted overnight snow storm was just a light dusting in the end so we were at Penn Station at 6am & headed to Washington. We used the Red Cap services at the station where for a decent tip they will ensure you & your bags are personally escorted onto the train […]
Posted in Uncategorised on Mar 5th, 2019
3 March 2019: Having contacted ANZ who had blocked all my cards the night before!!!!! ( I did tell them a month ago I was travelling !) we headed off for the day. Nova had her first ride on the subway and although my navigation with the up town / down town thing was a […]
Posted in Uncategorised on Feb 21st, 2019
2 March 2019: Snow in New York! Spent the day acquainting ourselves with the area we are staying in. The little basement brownstone studio apartment is on St Marks place in the East Village which is buzzing day or night. Lots of places to eat and has a great vibe. Very safe to walk around […]
Posted in Uncategorised on Feb 21st, 2019
Onboard QF11 waiting for takeoff! 2nd March 2019: After 3 flights over 30 hours we arrived at 4pm Friday 1st March in the city that never sleeps – but boy did we need sleep. Found our apartment easily in the East Village where our lovely host Shelia met us. We ventured out for some takeaways […]
Posted in Uncategorised on Feb 20th, 2019
Get ready USA and ISRAEL – Nova & Madeleine are on their way 28 February 2019: Packing began in earnest several days before we left, but we weren’t finish until 7pm the night we checked into the airport hotel! But all was well and the excitement was starting to set in. 4am wake up call […]