Last morning in NY

Ok, so there’s been a bit of a gap between updates in the past few days. We’ve either not had access to internet or we’ve not had time to do it because we’ve been searching for accommodation instead!

Saturday was our last morning in New York, and we nipped up to see the public library, which is a bit like a museum/gallery too.


Then it was time to pick up the car! I was a bit nervous about all the driving at this point – silly considering we’re on a roadtrip! We turned up at the rental place… only to be told that the booking had been cancelled 🙁 We’re still not sure how it happened, but the rental company had it as cancelled and the broker didn’t. So we were looking at a roadtrip without a car!

Katherine got a little weepy, and they took pity on us. After about two hours of back and forth between Holiday Autos and National, it eventually all got worked out and we were allowed to pick any car we wanted! Katherine didn’t fancy anything too large as she’s only used to driving a Nissan Micra, so we picked a Ford Fusion, and it’s been great so far… as Katherine is showing here!


American driving is a little crazy – undertaking seems to be the norm, as is random lane changing to get ahead, and despite numerous warnings from people before we came out that they’re really hot on speeding here, several times we’ve been left standing by every other car/truck/bus on the road as we stuck to the limit. Oh, and the trucks here are huge, often with three trailers hooked together which can get interesting when it’s windy!