Sunday, August 4, 2024

31 July 2024 NYC: The Saga of Lily and Laura Unfolds as we Enjoy the Kit Kat Club




We got up and headed to the emergency passport service first thing in the morning.  The office was tiny,  a mom and pop shop, staffed with family and folks that are now a family.  What great fun we had meeting Tanya with her beautiful smile and broken toe.  She took care of Leslie and all her passport needs.  We talked about our travels and what we love to do. We walked right by a dispensary and then we headed over to Bryant Park for a sit down session. Here we get the first text from Laura who was due to take off for New York and join us for a show.  Her flight had been canceled!  They were due to take off at 10:30 and arrive by 1:30.  The flight that United rescheduled them (#2) would not get to Newark till 6 PM, unfortunately that flight was also canceled.  They booked a flight that connected through Charlotte that would also get then to NYC around the 6:15 time frame(#3).  They made it to Charlotte and got on the next flight (#4) where everything seemed to be a go. Then the plane turned around and returned to the gate!  Ground stop in LaGuardia.  We had tickets to go to the Kit Kat Club's Cabaret show and it was a roller coaster ride of expectations.  They will miss the show, they will be able to make it, nope they will miss it, wait they will be able to go after all....and so it went on all day long.  We got dolled up and went to the show still not knowing if they were going to be able to make it.  They had arraigned for the driver to drop them off at the show and take the luggage onto the hotel.  Unfortunately none of that happened and they did not get to the Hotel till 10:30 PM without any luggage!  We met them after the show and headed to Times Square around midnight when all the screens synchronized and played  the same video clip.  No luggage back at the hotel. Leslie got into her stuff and handed out night clothes to everyone














The lawn needs to rest


Fill er up!


Mr. Science !


NYC Public library


The carousel 


The trees were so green


Ride like the wind


Giant cat


Pennies are ridiculous 


The Kit Kat Club Cabaret


Off to the theater


Great show


Entering through the back



To the pre-show club


Come to the Cabaret


No photos of the interior allowed


Here we go, back in time


Hottest show in town


The last pictures allowed


After the show we headed out 


Glad that Ultra Man is ready to save the USA


Big Screens


Yikes!  Super Pubeman


Battle of the bikes


So many screens


Times Square


The big R


Off to meet Laura and Lily


Found them and lost our minds


That is better


So happy to be all together !


It has been 2 years and 56 days since we began our Migration


Friday, August 2, 2024

30 July 2024 Iceland to NYC: A Flight and Arrival In the City

 


We slept in at the Icelandic hotel as long as we could.  It was great to get the sleep and it helped reduce any jetlag that is on its way.  The flight was 6 hours and we enjoyed it.  No drama on the flight and mere inefficiencies at the immigration line.  The number of operational booths steadily dropped as we got closer and closer to the front.  Finally we were almost there and the two agents in front of us closed their booths so we had to move to another line.  No problem, as we made it through and were at the Casablanca soon enough.  The ride was over in a blink of an eye and we headed out to find some much needed sundries.  


So many choices in Duty Free


Fresh glacier water


A large comic book on the wall


I did not try to follow the story line


It looks like highlights 


Good looking hair


Three Icelandic Gins to try in the lounge


Red vs green 64 degrees


Then the Rubarb


What you got in there?


Having fun for all to see


Fun and games


Can you remember


Another bus ride to the plane


But this time we park ourselves right by the front door


Some pre-take off macrons


Bit sized bits


The ice sheet over Greenland


Some mountains


Fjords


Ice bergs fresh for the ocean


About half way there


Rugged


A clearing in the clouds let us view this beauty


NYC here we come


The grid pattern rules


Landing in Newark


Lady Liberty in the bay


An ever changing skyline


It is late late...6AM Copenhagen time



It has been 2 years and 55 days since we began our Migration