14/1/13 – Farewell Jenny and Richard. Welcome back Cameron!

Amazingly we all managed to be out of the apartment by 8am and made our way down to the food hall under the Plaza Hotel for breakfast. The décor and expansive selection of food choices was impressive and after some coffee and pastries we toured the rest of the complex, in the course of which we discovered the ‘Palm Court’ which serves traditional afternoon tea and sandwiches (and which also offers a fine selection of French champagnes). I think we could be coming back here sometime soon!

Jenny and Richard popped off to Times Square to buy some souvenirs while Peter and I took a pre-booked ‘genius’ class at the Apple store (probably a marketing blunder to call it a ‘genius’ class … better to call it by its correct name - an ‘iStuff for dummies’ class). One can book online for an appointment or attend classes 24/7 to improve your understanding of, or develop some expertise in the Apple products … and all at no charge!  Our session was more about co-ordinating our devices. Peter now has his own iTunes account and the consultant was keen to show all of his friends that Peter’s iPhone was still operating on ios 4! But he’s up to speed now and his iPad and phone now talk to each other.    

We then returned home so that Jenny and Richard could pack. Not long after they left, the key turned in the lock and in walked an exhausted Cameron back from Las Vegas. We barely had time to hear of his adventures before he was off to see ‘Sleep No More’ – a ‘dramatic personal experience’ where one wears a mask and wanders around a ‘hotel’ set in England in the 1930s taking in the theatre that is happening in a variety of locations……Peter and I stayed in and ordered Chinese  – they pick up and deliver everything here in NYC.