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Tag: United States

  • Walking the Highline then off to Italy – Nov 7th

    Our last day in New York (☹️)… but we’re off to Italy (🍝🍦) We checked out after breakfast and left our luggage at the hotel. We headed over to the Highline, a linear park on the old elevated railway. Although the wildflowers were well past their prime, there were still some blooming and the seed…

  • Another Food Tour and some Blues – Mon Nov 6 2023

    Yes, I know another food tour … this time in the Lower East Side. We started at Katz Deli. Made famous by that scene in when Harry Met Sally. We had the specialty, pastrami on bread with some deli mustard. It was good. Melt in your mouth and so tasty. Not far from there is…

  • New York Museums – Sat 4 Nov

    This morning G had to drop his bag at the bag drop in Central Park so we walked together to do that. Central Park is looking beautiful with all the autumn leaves. After dropping the bag G headed back to the hotel and I went to The Met. So, it’s huge, but I am obsessed…

  • Brooklyn Food Tour – Friday Nov 3rd

    OK, back to Friday’s activities. We began the morning by joining the Fleet Feet Morning Miles run. It was a fun way to start the day but given what was coming next it would have been good for me to run further than 3km. I told you we love food tours … and there’s even…

  • Marathon Sunday – 5th November

    I’m skipping ahead because … Marayhon Sunday!! Today was the big day. My husband caught the bus at 5:30 am from Bryant Park. The bus driver got lost on the way so they spent 45 mins longer on the bus. This turned out not too bad because he was in the warm sitting on a…

  • Cruise and BIB Pickup – Thurs Nov 2nd

    In order to see a bit of New York while also keeping my husband off his legs we did a Circle line cruise. It was supposed to go all the way around the island, but t he e tide was too high to get through. We went as far as we could up the East…

  • UN, MOMA and a Musical – Wed Nov 1 2023

    Thanks to all of you who commented on my photos. I couldn’t bring my proper camera due to weight restrictions so all these photos are taken with my iPhone 12 mini. Today marked the start of my husband’s intention to preserve his legs for the marathon on Sunday. In practice that means that I headed…

  • DC to New York -Halloween 2023

    Today Hubby and I swapped roles – he didn’t sleep well so skipped his run while I got up and hit the Capital Crescent Trail. While running along there, I noticed up ahead a black SUV reversing up the trail with a Secret Service agent walking beside. I think he was just making sure the…

  • DC Museums and Monuments – Mon 30th October

    We started our day at the National Air and Space Museum. We had tickets for 10 am. When we arrived just before opening the line stretched all the way down the block and around the corner. Once the museum opened it moved pretty fast and it was not long before we were inside. Our plan…

  • Georgetown Food Tour – Sun 29th October

    Georgetown Food Tour – Sun 29th October

    My husband had a 20km run on his program for today so he got up and did that in the morning. When I woke I wasn’t feeling that great. I wasn’t sure whether I was coming down with something or the sore throat and blocked nose was just due to being very tired, which sometimes…