Spent an hour with my daughter Helen to start the process of trying to work out what we have time for when we are in the US in August. Three cities – New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Last night I think we nailed the basic outline for New York City – a bit of water based sight seeing, a stroll down Wall Street and around Washington Square – paying our respects at the 9/11 memorial to regular tourist stuff  in Mid-Town with visits to Macey’s, Times Sq, Broadway by way of the Empire State, Grand Central Station with a side salad of cocktails at the Plaza and a stroll around Central Park.

There are a few other things on our list to try and fit in but seasoned travellers will recognise that the words ‘New York City’, ‘Visit’ and ‘August’ and not often seen in close proximity……

So New York sorted now on to San Francisco… so lets see Alcatraz, Fisherman’s Wharf, China…..