To read the previous entries, click on the "NYC trip" tag and read hem in reverse order.

( A look at the New York City's L line and a station full of statues )

These entries are rolling out slower than I anticipated. The semester is winding down, which means lots of lots of work. But, since I am relatively homework-free this weekend, I figure I might as well get a few posts in.

The last three posts chronicled the train ride between Chicago and New York City and my first few hours in the Big Apple. We pick ( Read more... )

The last two entries touched on the first two halves of my journey to New York City. Hopefully, I'll be able to fit the rest of the trip in this entry.

( Lots of waiting and fog on the last leg of the train to New York City )

In the previous entry of my New York City travel log, I talked about the first few hours of my trip. This entry will deal with the rest of the train ride. If the train runs too long, I will split it - but I hope it won't come to that. As before, this entry is partially based on notes I took during the trip.

( Sleep is an elusive creature as my train rides past Cleveland and makes its way through the state of New York (lots of pictures under the cut) )

On the second-to-last week of March, during my Spring Break, I took the Amtrak train to New York City to see my long-time friends Randi and Don. They moved to the Big Apple last summer from Florida, out of all places, and they have been trying to get me to visit ever since. So, when a winter sale yielded relatively cheap Chicago-New York tickets, I ( Read more... )