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80 days to go! It's always the same - we book well in advance and have a humungous countdown, then the holiday actually sneaks up on us.

Of course, we have A-levels to deal with first, so we will start properly getting excited once those are over. All the accommodation is booked, along with car hire and train tickets. We've got Yankees vs Mets tickets (holy guacamole, those were expensive!) and tickets on the first boat of the day to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I've signed up for some Broadway emails in case of a bargain and we are still eagerly awaiting the release of single game tickets for Red Sox vs Yankees while we are in Boston. Typical, the ballpark Evan is desperate to visit is hosting the biggest game of the season while we are there and tickets appear to be like gold dust at the moment. Hey ho, we can always get a tour of Fenway Park but it would be good to see an actual game.

We still need to book Top of the Rock as well and properly work out the New York and Washington transport passes. I'm very tempted to get the Subway to our hotel from JFK in New York as we're staying in Queens so wouldn't get the benefit of the going over the bridge to Manhattan anyway. We'll see. It all depends on how tired we are when we land.