When we arrived to the boarding desk, the attendant explained that since we’ve been upgraded to Business Class we could have boarded the plane to New York a while ago. We don’t know how we got bumped up, but we didn’t care, because there was free champagne, which I drank, since my husband would be the one driving our car hire in New York City.
 
We planned to sleep on the plane in order to avoid any jet-lag, but Business Class was way too exciting. Our seats turned into fully reclining beds, our meals were served on porcelain plates with real cutlery and real glasses. The hit it off with another couple on the plane, who were heading to New York to visit their family. When we arrived in New York and since we were in Business Class, we were the 2nd people off the plane, well, right after first class. What this meant was a quick trip through security and immigration. We collected our bags, and collected our car hire, a lovely Lexus hybrid.
 
We went on a small tour of Manhattan, before we headed out on to the highway, we were off to upstate New York for a conference. But, while in New York City, we just had to see some of the more interesting points of interest, like driving to Times Square, to Central Park, up Fifth Avenue, down Broadway, over to the Empire State Building and when we found parking, we parked and went to the closest restaurant, which was at Sardi’s!  We didn’t care how expensive it was, we just cared that we managed to get a table without reservations. After a marvelous meal, and a celebrity sighting, Sam Waterston from ‘Law and Order’, he was eating at a table across from us, all by himself! That was thrilling. We couldn’t believe our luck and finding parking, and it’s near a famous restaurant and we got to see a celebrity all within two hours of being in New York.
 
Too bad we couldn’t ride this ‘luck’ wave, because we really did need to be on our way. Maybe on our trip back to the city, our luck will still be with us