After Neville and I visited Southampton for the launch of Queen Elizabeth we flew from London City airport on flight number BA1 Business Class only flights to New York. It is a smaller plane seating only 32 business class seats. The flight lands in Shannon Airport, where you go through all of the USA immigration check in, then back on the flight. This takes only half an hour, then on to the USA, landing at the domestic terminal, so you can walk straight out. Great to keep in mind if you are travelling around the world. We enjoyed four days in New York, where we visited the renovated MOMA and Metropolitan art galleries. They have wonderful collections of modern and older paintings. We travelled on the local bus to the very north of Manhattan Island to visit the Cloisters, which comprises building and art works from the middle ages. We took the No. 7 trains to Queens to visit Louis Armstrong’s house, which is now a museum. Very interesting to see home decoration from the 50ies. We were very struck by the high police presence on every street. We hadn’t been to New York for ten years and found the city very clean and prosperous. We also visited ground zero that was once the World Trade Centre and travelled around the whole of Manhattan to see the spectacular skyline of the city on the circular cruise.
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