The first week in December my wife and I paid a visit to New York city for five days. We stayed at a comfortable Sheraton hotel in Queens and used the subway train to make our way into Manhattan daily.

Our visits included the typical tourist attractions like the Empire State Building, Macy's, Rockefeller Center, NBC television, Radio City and other destinations. At any given time some 13,000 taxi cabs are on the street of New York but getting in one is another story. Everything was...

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We've been in Orlando at Disney: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw...rkOverviewPage for the past week and will return home tomorrow (Tuesday). The parks are always fun with some new attractions and interests but I can't help but come away feeling like I need a vacation for the vacation.

The weather IMO has been unusually hot and steamy especially in the afternoon. So by mid day you find yourself tired, thirsty and hungry most of the time. The sun is relentless...

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