Very cold but very cool

Last night did the open top bus tour. Fortunately they ran one with a perspex top as temperatures were approx minus 10 without windchill. It's still minus 10 this morning by the way! Warmer than the Hudson River though - a miracle those people got out of that plane

I suppose in many ways NYC is like London - huge commercial and retail activity spread across lots of districts. However the street pattern makes it a whole lot easier to grasp as well as to move around. On that note there's not, from what I've seen, the same congestion as London and the drivers are far less aggressive which surprises me. Generally the people seem friendlier too

Just off now for morning prayer followed by breakfast.