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As seen by Mags and Katy on holidays in India.

Federer's Amazing Through the Legs shot

What's even more amazing is that this shot was the one that gave him three match points in teh semi-final of the US Open.

New York, New York Saturday 15th August

The Taxi arrived on time. We said goodbye to the house, put on the alarm and posted the key in the letterbox. We were at the airport by 8.30. It was a very easy check-in and we were at the gate 10 minutes later. We got some breakfast and played Bananagrams to put down the time.

We were flying with Jet Blue and I would have to recommend them. The seats were comfortable - they take out a row or two for additional comfort, quite the opposite approach to Ryanair! The Air Hostess was hilarious. As we boarded she was holding a toddler in her arms whom she introduced to everybody boarding as the captain. She managed to get us all singing - "I don't do Rap" - a reference to the following SouthWest Airlines Steward:

But she had all the passengers clapping and singing "If your Happy and you know it Clap your hands ". She was a regular comedienne. It's a three hour flight and Jet Blue have individual live TV and pay movies. For some reason the live TV wouldn't work and in the spirit of customer service they opened the pay movies to all for free. The movie we watched was "I Love You Man". It was hilarious. At the projectile vomit scene I laughed so loud the passengers in front (who were watching something else) looked around to see what was going on! Ooops! The time flew and as we landed the TV came back and we watched Tiger warming up for the 3rd round of the Bridgestone Invitational.

We got a taxi into New York ending up taking the Midtown Tunnel and arriving just below Grand Central. Its my favourite way into New York - the buildings seem to reach the sky once you come out of the tunnel! We checked into our double double at the Roosevelt Hotel on Madison and 45th street. It was a tight squeeze with all our luggage. But we weren't planning on spending much time in the hotel!

5th Avenue, New York
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We needed to get started in New York and we needed something to eat, so Lisa introduced us to Chipotle on 42nd street at Bryant Park. Then we headed up 5th Avenue towards 59th Street.

We spilt up when we saw s Barnes and Noble. We needed to find a copy of top 10 New York so that we could find the diner Lisa and Katy enjoyed so much last year. After spending about 20 minutes in the bookshop we decided that it must be EJ's on 73rd and 3rd. Lisa confirmed it later. Senan and I headed back up 5th Avenue to see if we could locate the girls.

Time Square
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We wandered into H&M and sure enough - there they were - as if there aren't enough shops on 5th Avenue. We left them to it and continued up 5th avenue until we reached the Apple Store. There we spent an hour playing with the iPhones and Macbooks until Lisa and Mags joined us. We paid a visit to FAO Schwartz toy store, which is right beside the Apple Store, before heading back to the hotel for a brief rest and a change of clothes.

Saturday evening we got the subway down to Spring street and walked over to Mulberry Street where Little Italy was in full Saturday night swing. We got a nice spot on the footpath and we had an excellent Italian meal with a nice bottle of Gavi to wash it down while we watched the world go by.

We headed over to Time Square to show Senan the lights of Broadway. By the time we got back to the hotel we were exhausted. Half a day done - two and a half more hectic days to come.