Off to New York - the long way round!

A 5am start to catch our flight from Dulles to JFK.  Unfortunately on checking in we were advised that our flight had been cancelled and we had been booked onto a Sunday evening flight...we joined a long queue to try to discuss what other options might be available and over two hours later were offered a flight from Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington to La Guardia.

We accepted the offer of a 1 pm flight and the above photo shows the main concourse at Reagan airport.

Our flight made good time, not least because there were only 14 of us - mostly cabin crew who had ended up in the wrong place after the snow.

We then spent a further two hours on a shuttle bus to get to our hotel through the New York traffic and snow.

We were pleased to arrive at our hotel, the New Yorker which we hope is well placed for sightseeing.

Our room, on the 32nd floor, has a great view which would be even better if the top ten or so floors of the hotel were not shrouded in scaffolding.

Nonetheless the view is worth capturing..

This evening we walked along 34th Street to Macy 's and beyond but in driving snow it was not very pleasant so we turned back after taking a few photos..

We are hoping for a clearer day tomorrow..