Day 2: London to New York

I was so impressed with BA, their staff, in all areas, were friendly and professional. We had another great flight, arriving at JFK, to a hot and sunny, summer day.  The airport staff were far less friendly than Heathrow, barking orders at anyone stepping out of line. However, I guess this efficiency has its merits as from disembarking to getting in our yellow cab took 15 minutes.

It was almost an hours cab drive to The Mark Hotel on the Upper East Side   The cab driver wasn’t keen to chat, so we took in the sights along the way.

We arrived early afternoon, booked in and went for a walk around Central Park, which is ½ a block from our hotel.  I loved Central Park, the trees, birds, lakes and statues, a haven of greenery for the melting pot of people, of all nationalities, from babies to the really geriatric.  They walk, run, cycle, play, socialise and walk their dogs, lots of dogs of every variety and in between.  We waved listeriosis to the wind, this is not SA, and ate hot dogs from one of the hundreds of food trucks around the park.

We had dinner at the hotel restaurant, my lobster burger was delicious. We fell into bed at 8.30 (2:30 am JHB time).