Translation of firstling in German

I am hungry for some news and pictures. How is life in New York? Like in the movies? If so, do you have an extra room for a week or two? Michelle, Charlie and I returned from Italy after having a great vacation.
Dinner was a little strange. I was sitting as a guest at the dinner table but somehow I felt very uncomfortable. I felt that everything was staged for me. I sensed that this family was not used to having guests.
We could not find a nice hotel so we just took whatever we found in the center of town. We were a little upset with the entire stress, so that we had left our bags in the cab when it drove away.