Merry Christmas from Rockefeller Center in NYC! Our flight into JFK today was smooth and sunny and uneventful...all bags arrived safely as well...LEG 1 of our journey is complete! After a quick hotel check-in and dinner, Marian, Bob & I got a taxi and Louis, our taxi driver "sped" us into the city...if you count rush-hour traffic on the freeway at 7:30 p.m. as speeding! Anyway, he dropped us off right next to the giant Christmas tree, gave us his cell number and told us to call him 10 minutes before we wanted to get picked up! How cool is that....anyway, it's a bit chilly in New York in mid-December but the crowds in the Center were very manageable. The policeman we spoke with told us, "Don't come down on a Saturday...you can't even MOVE around here and they divert traffic like crazy." After admiring the beautiful tree and the city lights, we headed a bit east along the concourse between the buildings admiring all the beautiful Holiday decorations. At the opposite end of the Center is the Saks Building with electric snowflakes that blink along with the appropriate music. It was a quick and satisfying taste of the Christmas Spirit in New York....off to Dubai first thing in the morning...watch for the next installment coming in a day or so!
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