One day four states

Today we made the final long journey before we fly home. We left our hotel in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to drive to New York city to get there we have to drive through four different states, this is not as bad as it sounds as the states over here on the east coast are much smaller than those out west in fact the second state is Rhode Island the smallest of all the states only 37 miles by 48 miles (smaller than many English counties) and then across Connecticut finally in to New York State and almost immediately in to New York city itself. The thought of drive right in to New York city was a little daunting but as it turned out arriving on a Saturday lunch time (we found out on Monday what real New York traffic looks like) was quite simple and once you get the hang of the one way streets and avenues it’s not too bad we found the hotel easily and after a little bit of waiting were able to park close enough to unload the bags and get them in to the hotel before returning the car to the hire company in the next street. Having got rid of the car we went off to get lunch and do some exploring and collect our explorer passes until we could get in to our room. When we get in to our 29^th floor room which is a compact to say the least we are finally able to relax before going to Times Square for the evening.

 

Approaching Manhatten

 

Driving through Manhatten

 

Our Hotel View

 

Esme is really in New York