Monthly Archives: November 2012

We have found a great restaurant, virtually across the road, called Crispo serving authentic Italian cuisine and which is in the NY top restaurant guide –  it certainly doesn’t disappoint.  We went on the night it snowed because of convenience … Continue reading →

Our train trip was stress-free.  Who knows, I (Ingrid) may be the new convert to this type of travel?  Union Station in Washington DC is quite beautiful however unfortunately there was some refurbishment being undertaken so we couldn’t really show … Continue reading →

Sadly, we are now on the train after a fantastic but short visit to Washington DC.  This is a truly amazing city and we were fortunate to see as much as we did in such a short period of time. … Continue reading →

Today was museum day.  We checked out The Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum which maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. It is also a centre for research into the history, science, and … Continue reading →

Thanks to Joseph our limo driver who took us around all of these fantastic memorials.  We would not have been able to do it without him.  There’s a lot of walking, which we did (our personal trainer would be proud) … Continue reading →

The ‘W’ in Washington DC is for Wow.  This is such a magnificent city and we were so lucky to see the monuments and memorials we set out to see on such a gloriously sunny day. We decided to hire … Continue reading →

We’re here and it’s a beautiful day although a tad windy, but quite balmy by comparison to NY.   Already checked out the White House but  there is serious security everywhere, machine guns and all. Police and security personnel stopped us … Continue reading →

Sitting at the train station – NO PLANES ANYWWHERE –  waiting for our train to Washington DC.  Tony’s perseverance in getting me to travel on trains now seems like a good idea, particularly following our experiences with planes/airports/weather last week. … Continue reading →

Well folks it is definitely a white November here. What a shame it isn’t Christmas.  Just ducked out to have an amazing Italian meal, conveniently in a top restaurant in our block and you can see from our photo story … Continue reading →

It’s snowing here people .. view from our apartment window.