We spent some time in the very upmarket Rosedale and behaved like small children with the Halloween mania starting to rev up. It was a lovely farewell to Toronto.
When the travel agent booked our flight, we did express a little concern about our flight from Toronto to New York. No kangaroo on our tail, just a $50 flight to the Big Apple on board an obscure (in our mind) Brazillian airline. Well our delightful flight attendants need to train the staff at QANTAS, and no $50 sardine squashing on this flight. Lovely newish plane, big seats and stacks of leg room. The coolest safety video ever. Brazilian wine and blueberry muffins (yes a slightly odd combination) served with fantastic smiles. The views out the window are amazing.. Dark red, mountains, rivers and lakes. We would be exceptionally pleased to fly TAM to Melbourne, but alas the seatbelt signs are on for our descent into NY after the super short flight.
We cleared US customs in Canada so are hoping that it will be quick through JFK. Slightly odd being fingerprinted leaving a country, but all good if it also means no queues into NYC. Thank goodness we saved a fair bit on our accommodation in Toronto as the prices in NYC are seriously scary. We found somewhere super expensive, but a quarter of the price of anywhere else in Midtown Manhattan and I am getting very excited as I can see ‘that’ torch bearing woman out the window.
Sleeping under the stars 