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.
“Some days I have to push myself” – This is not one of those days.
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.
Not even halfway on our first day. More to come.
New York City: Mar 30-Apr 1, 2018
