Thankfully the girls had a great time staying with my friend but they were ready to come home by the last day - any longer and I think we could have been in trouble.
So on Monday they had another 'reward day' for being good. They got to eat what they wanted, play what they wanted etc - well worth being good for, I say!
After my first phone call home and knowing they were settled OK I could actually relax and enjoy the luxury of the company's hospitality - namely the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, champagne (lots of champagne!) and delicious meals. I also managed a trip into Manhattan!
I always knew it but this trip confirmed it - I am a city girl. Stepping out of Grand Central Station onto 42nd street and being hit by the buzz, the crowds, the taxi horns and (very!) tall buildings I just felt alive! Saw some sites then headed for Central Park late afternoon to enjoy a Cosmopolitan cocktail in the lakeside bar - very 'Sex in the City'!! I was Carrie Bradshaw! (except she was always searching for love and I was there with my husband!)
Not really further forward in our decision though as, except for a few pennies we found on the street in NYC, we haven't won the lottery so still not really able to afford the annual property tax (it's brutal - 5 times what we're paying here! gulp!) but now I'm pining for a big city...
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