July 2011
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Minneapolis, St. Paul and MALL OF AMERICA!
Had a huge thunder and lightning storm last night, that cat found quite scary. At least it had stopped raining by time we got the bus. Our bus driver was really cool, and the bus was practically empty. The bus stopped in some weird places thought, like a random town called ‘Sparta’, the “bicycling capitol of the US” apparently… The scenery on the journey was really...
Madison, WI
In the Chicago Greyhound station we asked the Greyhound staff where we would change to get to Madison Jefferson Lamers station. They couldn’t understand why we didn’t want to get the ‘direct’ bus to Madison. This was because their service stops 10 miles out of the city on the freeway which would be no good for us. The staff couldn’t understand Ste’s mumbled English accent. We eventually...
Chicago, the town that Billy Sunday couldn't shut...
We got the Greyhound bus from Cleveland OH, to Chicago IL, it took seven hours with lots of stops in Toledo, South Bend etc. For once the bus was unusually hot, now on central time, so we are now 6 hours behind Blighty.
The Greyhound station is in a good location in Chicago, close to downtown and only a mile from the HI Hostel. The hostel was easily found because of the grid system the city has,...
Rocking and Rolling in Cleveland OH
Checked out of the Hotel and got a ride to the greyhound station. The bus only took 2 hours to Cleveland and we found the Radisson Gateway hotel quickly and easily. We got changed and went out to explore. We walked around the pretty bar area and arcade to the public square and looked at some of the grand buildings. Walked down to the water front area and looked at the huge Football stadium. Went...
Erie PA and Presque Isle State Park
It was really hot the night before our trip to Erie. We both couldn’t sleep and we had to be up at 6:45 for the bus. Lovely Elaine gave us a packed lunch each and some bus tickets. Got the local bus to Buffalo then caught the Greyhound to Erie.
Got to Erie around 11:30 and started the 4.5 mile hike to the hotel with our packs. Erie was lovely, the bayfront area is very picturesque. It was...
The Mighty Niagara Falls
When having breakfast on the day we left Buffalo, we were talking to a south london / aussie guy called Peter who was very cool and had beads in his beard. Checked out the Buffalo hostel and headed for the bus. It took one hour and there were some interesting folk on the bus. Got off near the falls, our bags were really heavy, walked through the pretty state park to catch our first glimpse of the...
Buffalo, New York State
Got up really early to check out as the bus we were catching to Buffalo came at 7:15am and takes 11 hours. The bus ride was ok, we had lots of supplies and even got stopped by border control (although we don’t believe we crossed a boarder). Eventually got to Buffalo, it was very intimidating getting off the bus, lots of strange people walking around. The hostel is nice, but the area is a bit...
Boston
We had to get the bus, from the Port Authority bus terminal in New York. That was a bit of a trauma as when we got there, we couldn’t find where to pick up our tickets from, we eventually found the Greyhound ticket office, thanks to a NYPD Officer, but then it didn’t tell us which gate to get the bus from. When we eventually found it, there was a huge queue for the bus, but once we...
Rain and Top of the Rock on July 4th
Today we were woken up by rain, then the thunder and lightening started which scuppered our plans of lazing in Central Park. Instead when the rain eased a little, we headed out for breakfast, Cat had pancakes and Ste had an english muffin with egg and sausage and a nice cup of ‘english’ tea. To work off our breakfasts, we walked up Madison Avenue, to the bottom of Central Park.
We...
June 2011
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central park and brunch on the Brooklyn Bridge
Today was our first proper day in New York. We both didn’t sleep very well, tiny pillows, hard bed, noisy bar and British time meant we were awake at 6am. We got our act together and headed out to Central Park. We passed the Rockefeller Center on the way. Picked up a toasted bagel and juice for breakfast. We wandered around central park, there were some amazing views of the skyline. We also...
