Mindy and Tim (16th July)

The Spaceshoe house is undergoing some pretty dramatic alterations on the lowest 2 levels, meaning that the Italians periodically turn off the water, mess with the locks etc. So when we awoke after the 10am deadline -we were forced to prepare a colonial bath, however just in time the water came back and dramas were averted.

Shona had a blueberry danish in preparation for next month in Europe -while Mike held off long enough to spy a cafe with wifi where the turkey sandwhich was delightful and the free internet resulted in almost every single customer having a laptop out! We managed to send an email out from via our mailing list... please let us know if you want to be added to this.Shona was totally unable to pass a shop called Shoegasim, which we popped into on the way to the Hotel that Melinda (Shona's sister) and Tim are staying in. We were a little early -so we wandered through the park for a couple of hours and went past the Central Park Zoo (it's so awesome that a small zoo like this can be in walking distance for so so many people). We must have just missed the others at the hotel -because when we went back and met them, they'd been walking in the park for the couple of hours as well!

To introduce them to the NYC experience we took them to Times Square and to the top of 30 Rockefella (Top of the Rock), where the view is as good as anywhere in Manhattan, even though we had a fair bit of smog to look through. The package we chose included a cocktail at a bar after decent... but we felt a lot out of place amongst the suits and ties of the business people who had just finished up for the day. Whole foods and a picnic in the park was a pretty awesome way to finish the day.