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We were right by the Whitney Museum as well, so it was well worth a visit. It's also a good point from which to pick up the High Line, b...

This time we were staying around Chelsea, an area I once worked close to and rather different from the part of New York that most tourists g...

  These are some clearer shots after the sun had risen. Liberty and Lower Manhattan, from our cabin (aka stateroom) on the liner.

 Well, we finally sighted the Verrazano Bridge, which is the way into the waters around Manhattan. It was about 03:30 in the morning and fro...

Another fun thing were the around 20 plus 'events' scheduled for each morning, and then another 20 for the afternoon and maybe 15 fo...

So we had Roger McGuinn from the Byrds on the crossing and he was only too pleased to tell of his very varied musical career.  Fascinating ...

Our fellow passengers were such an interesting part of the journey. The first evening at dinner, we sat next to some American women, who kin...

The Atlantic Ocean has its own character, from the beginning when it brushes against the English Channel, to the mysterious fog banks on the...

  We knew nothing about ships, but soon learned that the QM2 was specifically built for Atlantic crossings.  It has a more linear shape than...

We certainly left Southampton with a good party-style send-off. Champagne by the pool and a band playing 'Rocking all over the world...

This seems to be the year of the ship for us, and this time we are upscaling to something bigger. No mere ship, this is the last ocean liner...

This should route to the paperback version of The Square.