Day 1 of the Great Adventure After only 2 hours of sleep on Thursday night, we have arrived in New York, New York. We checked into our hostel on 57th and Fifth and have 2 bunk beds in a room about 12' by 16' but at only 11 pounds per person per night in Manhattan, it can't be bad. We have to try to get used to a different standard of living for a year. The boys were very surprised, as we had only just spent a few days in the Queens Hotel in Portsmouth (rooms of about half an acre in size with swimming pool on site etc) and thought that was the standard they could expect. Well they (and Mummy) are all sleeping soundly as I tap into the hostel internet service. Funny thing was the girl who sat in the seat in front on Sammy on the plane coming over, checked into the same hostel and is 3 doors away from us. She is a movie buff and the boys spent 15 minutes talking to her about their favourite movies. Mum and the boys did their dairies tonight and we hope to be able to keep them going - even put them on-line like this, although we do want them to practice their writing. We had so many messages of greetings before we went and a stack of Bon Voyage cards, I'm not sure we will be able to thank everyone personally - but thank you anyway.