Author: Colin

I’m off to Washington DC today, I only booked my Greyhound this morning as I was planning to visit the Eastern State Penitentiary, but I walked so much yesterday and I’ve seen so much that, to be honest, I can’t really be bothered today. Next to the Greyhound station in Philly is a fabulous food…

‘Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.’ So here we are another day another place, Philadelphia or Philly as it’s affectionately known almost didn’t make it into the trip. I was going to head directly to DC as I stayed an extra day in New York, but at the last…

‘The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life’. I walked out of my apartment to snow. Finally the weather app has told the truth! However it is goodbye New York, thank you for a fantastic time, even with the extra day it whizzed by. I had hoped that packing so much…

The lungs of New York, Central Park at 843 acres, splits the East and the West of New York through a good part of the uptown. Starting with a coffee and a congratulatory sign from the local coffee house. (Not personally directed at me I assure you) I hit the park. Here on the west…

I decided to ‘take my life in my hands’ today and do the double of Hell’s Kitchen followed by Harlem. I needn’t really have worried. As I walked up to the edge of Hell’s Kitchen which is situated south of Central Park on the west side, I was greeted by all the Manhattan car dealerships…

‘Not all those that wander are lost’ – Tolkien Not such an early start today as I didn’t get in until nearly 3 am. The Subway is really warm, no wonder some of the homeless ride it end to end through the night. Still it’s a not unrespectable 10.30am when I leave my hotel clutching…

The hotel has free coffee, so I picked up a cup and headed out for my first full day in New York, The plan in general is to visit the Highline in downtown Chelsea, which is an disused raised railway that is now a 1.5mile walkway with great views. Then Chelsea market, ideal for foodies,…

I’m off to the ‘big apple’ today, hurrah, although I was sad to leave Boston, I think I could live there, it’s lively, friendly, fun, vibrant, hopeful, dynamic and packed with some great restaurants and bars. Perhaps I’ll visit again in the summer and see it without it’s winter coat on. I’m taking the Greyhound…

Well perhaps not, but I am Providence bound. Hello Rhode Island. Checked out of the my hotel to a nice bit of rain, so out came the emergency raincoat, which fits over me and the rucksack. Did the job even though I looked like an idiot. I took a last stroll around central Boston and…

Yippee, the hotel has a free guest laundry, a chance to wash my paltry selection of outfits. It could get tiresome with only 4 of 5 days of clothes! It is also the 2nd oldest building in Boston that’s continuously been a hotel since 1877.  Now I know why those windows have seen better days….