Since the summer isn’t going fast enough, we’re planning to visit our friends in Brooklyn and take in a couple of Yankees games. Just a little something to squeeze in before heading to Portugal.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen our friends, so we thought it might be fun to pay them a visit. It just so happens that the Yankees are in town while we will be there (like that didn’t happen on purpose).

I took a quick look at flights, hotels and ticket prices to see what was available. I soon remembered why we thought visiting Europe was much more cost effective.

Anyway, the first thing we did was check for tickets. We hoped that we could catch day games if they were available and luckily we found a spot in the schedule with two day games. The cool part is that the games are against different teams. I can add to my list of teams I’ve seen in person by one more team.

We picked a Thursday afternoon game against the Cleveland Guardians and a Saturday afternoon game against the Colorado Rockies. As it turns out, the Saturday game is on Old-Timers’ day. It should be fun seeing some of the stars from the past.

We scored some decent seats, so we’re looking forward to the games. We’ll be going with our friend, George, so I’m hoping he’ll like the seats too.

Next came the airfare. I was somewhat disappointed by the choices of flights, but we found a couple direct flights that will get us there and back home at ok times. This is our first domestic flight in a while and it is quite annoying to be charged extra for everything. Want to select your seats? That’s a fee. Want to sit up front? That’s an extra fee. Want to board earlier? Yep, that’s an extra fee. I digress…so we have our tickets.

And then came the hotel. We have stayed in actual palaces and luxury hotels in France and Italy for much less than a hotel in NYC. I’ll just move on and say we found a hotel that will be perfect for a few nights. The Nu Hotel is in Brooklyn and is near to our friends and close to a subway station.

Nothing fancy, just a pleasant visit with friends. Isn’t that what life’s all about?

I’ll let you know how it goes when we return.