Back to reality...

We're back.  Our three week dream holiday to the States is over and it's a case of back to reality.  It's been a whirlwind week since getting back, work has been going at a million miles an hour.  Lots has happened to our block since we left, and I managed to get out there for a quick look during the week.  I'll update the blog with some photos of what's happened when I get a chance, but I thought I'd digress from the usual topic in the mean time and list out my top holiday highlights.

Top ten holiday moments:

10.  Getting our room upgraded at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas to a strip view Charlie Sheen themed room with a view of the Bellagio fountain.
9.  The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, seeing the history of human flight from the Wright Brothers plane through to the space capsule Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin travelled to the moon and back in.
8.  Seeing the Cirque du Soleil show 'Zumanity' in Vegas with Sare wondering when the animals were going to appear...
7.  A spur of the moment bus ride through Brooklyn with the guidance of a very helpful local bus driver.
6.  Our anniversary in LA, spent at the beach at Santa Monica and a five course Asian dinner at RockSugar in Beverley Hills.
5.  Riding bikes through Central Park to Harlem, experiencing a gospel church service and eating soul food on a beautiful Sunday.
4.  Seeing How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliff and John Laroquette on Broadway.  Fantastic show, and boy can Harry Potter sing and dance!
3.  Attending the taping of the Hamish and Andy Gap Year show and getting a front row seat to see Coldplay.
2.  Taking a Mustang out for a cruise to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas along Route 66.  It was red, went fast (120mph fast!), and the Canyon is pretty spectacular too.
1.  Living like a local in a Fifth Avenue apartment in the greatest city in the world, seeing all of the familar and yet entirely new sights of New York and surviving on a diet of bagels, burgers, burritos and slices of pizza.

 So now it's back to the job at hand.  The house has now begun and the next few months will see our home take shape and we'll become residents of the Avenue in no time at all!