We had a terrific time in New York. Our first night we had dinner with cousins we had never met (on the Fuller side). We had a delightful dinner with Anne and Jenny Borland! We swapped family stories and had a great dinner at Keene's Steak house --the oldest steak house in New York City they claim! (1882)
The following day we met with my sister and her husband who flew in from Colorado Springs to go to the US Open, a Yankees/RedSox game and a play. Friday night we had an early dinner at the famed Club 21 and then went to see the EXCELLENT play Kinky Boots (just won a Tony Award for Best Musical)! It's a funny and entertaining show. The costumes and dancing are wonderful and I hope you get a chance to see it one day. Saturday my sister and her husband headed off to the baseball game while Bill and I headed to Flushing Meadows for some excellent tennis matches! We saw an amazing 5 set match between Warinka and Andy Murray. It was an amazing match with excellent tennis! We didn't get back to our great hotel, the Langham, until almost midnight after watching a 3 set women's doubles finals..Sunday we all saw a great women's final between Serena and Azarinka. It took Serena 3 sets--- the only set she lost in the entire tournament! And what can you saw about the fantastic Men's finals Monday evening between Nadal and Djkovich?! It was simply amazing if you're a tennis fan!
Tuesday we packed one suitcase to go back to Florida with our New York clothes and headed to a great restaurant to meet up with our very special travel agent, Arlene Feen, who flew up with Mary and Grant just for the day in order to take our "New York" suitcases back to Florida! We actually got to meet Maggie Maranga from Pro Travel Africa division, who helped put our Africa adventure together. She gave us a few last minute tips as we all ate lunch together. Arlene was already at the restaurant with Grant and Mary when we arrived with Winn and Jim..
We had a great flight over to Nairobi! We had great flat bed seats and everyone got some sleep! ( some slept better than others). The change of planes in Amsterdam was quick and easy--- off one plane straight on to the next one! We arrived at 8:30 pm into Nairobi and it was too dark to see much. We had an expediter meet us at the airport and we were whisked through customs and immigration to our waiting car with driver and guide. Customs and immigration is in a huge series of tents because there was a fire here last month that destroyed the previous custom building. Because of the great assistance we got, we had our suitcases immediately and off we went for our 45 minute ride over some VERY rough and bumpy roads. We have arrived at a jewel in the desert-- the Hemingway Boutique Hotel. Even in the dark we can tell this is one gorgeous hotel. I'm posting photos of our very luxurious room! Breakfast tomorrow at 9:00 am and then we meet our guide, Sammie at 10:00 am sharp (not African time as he stated!) :). Can't wait for the sun to come up so we can begin enjoying our surroundings! More tomorrow night. Great wifi at this location..
Our hotel room in New York at the Langham.
Junior semi finals match on a side court .
Very cool and windy in the stands!
Trophy presentation to the winner, Nadal.
Our room at Hemingway Hotel!
Thrilled to hear all worked out as planed.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for you to enjoy the Sheldrick Animal Orphanage - do not even try to take a baby elephant home!