With the Italians in New York

Actually to be more specific I should say the Romans.  Italy is a very diverse country because of its history.  It was for many years divided between the French, the Papal States, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, and the individual city states.  Even to this day many Italians see themselves as distinct from other parts of the country and from other Italians.  To be Roman is different from being Milanese, as being a New Yorker is different from being Texan.  
He and his sister, Claudia, were born in Rome but their family comes from a small town north of Rome in the center of the country, near the site of the recent earthquake.  The family maintains a home there and visit it in the summer, because Rome is even more humid then NY in the summertime.  They landed at 2:05 and they were out and finished with customs by 2:45.  After checking in at their hotel, the Park central at 56th Street and 7th Ave., we all went down to Gene's, 11th Street and 6th Ave., for dinner.
The next day, Tuesday, Lynn arrived from San Francisco, and everyone decided to go to the High Line, around 2ish.  Lynn was staying at a place on 15th Street, so it was decided that we would all meet there.  I'm not Italian.  I like schedules.  I really like to know what time dinner is and where.  We sort of decided to meet on the corner.  I'm not quite sure how we decided because we couldn't connect with the Italian cell phones.  Most of us did make it by 3ish.  Long story, short, we got to the high line.