Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade
When you think of crowd-lined parades full of huge balloon cartoon characters floating down the street, one event that springs to mind is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. It starts level with Central Park up at 75th Street, continues down 6th Avenue, before finishing outside the Macy’s departure store on 34th Street.…
US election night in Times Square
The US election night results. I didn’t stay up for the “Brexit” vote in my own country but couldn’t resist attempting to try to stay up in NYC having landed just a few hours earlier! So after dumping my suitcase in the hotel room I headed straight out to Times Square to see what was…
Watch Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQ)
You’ve seen the Prime Minister on the news standing behind his despatch box. You might even have already been on a ‘House of Commons’ tour already. But did you know you can actually be present when all the the MPs are in session and witness the main event of the week? ‘Prime Minister’s Questions’ (or…