Just a final note to let everyone know we are heading off tomorrow morning (Friday) to New York for 3 nights (Well, flight is at 1:10pm, but it'll take forever on the train/tube to get there).
Hope everyone has as good a weekend as we do. Unfortunately we will be mobile-phone-less during the visit. I don't have enough credit history here in the UK to enable roaming on my phone with orange, and I didn't have time to go and get my phone unlocked so I could use my Virgin Pay as you go SIM. Ohwell, such is life.
Our apologies for the lack of updates over the last month. We have both been incredibly busy with work, and on top of that my notebooks windows installation decided to go all pear shaped and I had to re-install everything!
Both of us have been very busy with work, so there has not been much to report anyway. After hopes of holiday grandeur over the Easter period were dashed by everyone elses hopes of holiday granduer (ie. Everything was booked out), we spent a quiet weekend at home (with me working on the Saturday).
Determined to make the most of the next long weekend (May 3rd) we have both taken a few days off work around the long weekend and have booked a 3 night trip over to New York City. We are going to be staying in the upper east side of manhatten, known for its opulence, private schools and museums. Our hotel is a few blocks from the east river, central park, madison avenue and 5th avenue.
Meanwhile spring is creeping it's way into our lives as the clouds are starting to thin and sun's rays are beginning to bring warmth instead of just light. The trees in our street are yet to break out with leaves, however, rest assured as soon as they do I will post a few pictures. Along the vein of pictures, I have received my replacement camera from the travel insurance claim, and will start taking some more photographs as spring sets in. Expect a new gallery for our New York trip, as well as some random Southend and surrounding areas galleries.