March 30-April 1, 2018
Once in a while comes an urge to do something different. Like revisiting a place you've already been but mixing it up a bit. Thus decided to visit New York city but taking the Greyhound bus instead of driving, taking a tour or going by plane.
With only our backpacks left Toronto at 7:30 on Thursday night and arrived at the Port Authority Terminal (8th Ave., between 40th and 42nd St) at around 8 AM Saturday. Upon arrival, we headed to Riff Hotel Chelsea (300 West, 30th Street) to drop off our bags and walked back to Penn Station.
Me and graffiti - always.
"Some days I have to push myself"
Hungry, we decided to tackle our first target - Jollibee. At the Penn we got 2 Metropass. Barely minutes in NYC and we were already lost in the jungle of New York's transport system. We asked, we followed instructions, we walked to different locations. Finally settled in a train that was marked "Woodside". Wow! Comfy and so clean - this is a different subway train now from the ones I remembered 5 years ago. Just as we got settled, the ticket woman came and said "tickets, please". Showed our card and she said "this is not a ticket, this is not your train". We were on an Long Island Rail Road train instead of the Metro Transit Authority train. "Oh, can we get off? She said -"you can or you can still take this train but it will be more expensive". We did not want to transfer again - so we paid $14 for each of us!
A portion of the MTA subway map.
Jollibee (62-69 Roosevelt Ave.) was at least walking distance from the Woodside station. The crispy chicken and gravy were worth the expensive train ride.
Back to the concrete jungle.
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