As you can see I have arrived in New York safely. Contrary to expectation & third party experiences I had no problems with the Immigration & customs officials - all of them were very friendly & courteous. It was lovely being met at the airport and to have help with the bags. We made our way to the apartment by subway - our station was the World Trade center or Ground Zero as it is now better known. Quite shocking to see the site in real life. Yesterday we went on a little orientation of the local neighbourhood - the pic is of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street which is just around the corner from the apartment. We then found Barnes & Noble (a bookshop similar to Waterstones or Exclusive books except much bigger) and to my delight the cookery section was HUGE (4 whole rows!!!)....will have to go back & have a proper browse later.
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