I'm writing this blog entry from memory and without my trusty travel journal (which I use to help me remember what we've done) as our bags are all packed for our train trip today. So excuse me if this is a little brief or patchy in areas... So today we had our free breakfast- hurrah! A little saving which will, I'm sure go a long way. The hostel provides a basic spread- cereal, bagels and free coffee (not so much fun for Dan who, not drinking coffee, had to buy ...

Early start for an early check out and an early arrival at Penn station. Turns out, despite what I'd been told by Amtrak, we were perhaps a little too early as we ended up waiting for hours for our train. But, in a way, it was a good thing to get there at that time as the station was pretty quiet and the woman at the ticket desk seemed unsure about our STA vouchers (everywhere we go with STA vouchers people look frustrated with them!) But she eventually got the t...

For the record, being the only girl in a 12 bed dorm full of smelly (and often rude) boys is NOT a pleasant place to be. And if I had ever been in denial or even just unsure about that, I sure am not now. This is an aside, however, as our last full day in NYC has dawned. We went back to the Metro Diner for breakfast (not sure I mentioned it in the entry for the 20th, but that was when we first discovered the diner and the best burgers in the world.) Our waiter f...

Another early start, but snoring man from the previous night found a buddy in snoring German man. They took it in turns from about 2.30 am so I didn't sleep very well. They were both in my neighbouring bunks too... So I wasn't in the best of moods in when my alarm went off at 6.30! Had purple bagels from Hot & Crusty on Broadway for breakfast. They're so yummy. Afterwards we got the subway all the way down to Wall St. which is where the day of site-seeing wo...

Kevin Smith day!! Well, what was initally intended as Kevin Smith day did not quite fill a day in the end... But it was still mighty fun. Another early start, but that goes without saying now... Some guy in our room kept me up with his snoring so I didn't even get 8 hours- and me without my sleep... Watch out... But, while it was still early, we left the hostel for Penn Station, in a rush to get as early a train as we could. It seems we could have dawdled a tad...