New York to Toronto
In and around North America
An autumn trip taking in New York, New England and Eastern Canada (well bits of it).
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Route taken and entries by Real Traveler HungryJoe
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The Big Apple
New York was busy and exciting, the weather, hot and sunny . Saw most of the famous sights. For some strange reason, the most impressive was Grand... Continue reading »
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Statue of Liberty
Lined up for the ferry from Battery Park. A week day, so the queues were small. Anyway, queues move quick in NY. Everything does. Took the boat fir... Continue reading »
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Hanging out in the village
Visited ground zero. The site is huge - a building site now, deep in the ground. A big bronze plaque commemerating the hundreds of firemen who died... Continue reading »
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Stockbridge? In Massachusetts?
I wound up in Great Barrington and found a nice little motel there run by an Indian family. Next morning, I drove up the road to a little town called... Continue reading » -
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Starting New England tour
Well, the plan was to pick up a car in New England and drive round for a week. I took the AmTrak out of Penn Station, NY and headed north, first to Ne... Continue reading » -
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A splurge in Concord, Mass.
As some of you may know, I don`t like to plan too much. So, at the end of a days drving, around 5.30 I arrived at Concord, Mass. and thought I sh... Continue reading » -
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Advanced Driving in Boston
After Concord headed for Boston. Foolishly headed into the city and spent a hair-raising hour or so in busy Saturday afternoon traffic. Eventually... Continue reading »
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Island life
Drove down from Boston and onto Cape Cod. Took the road to Woods Hole and the ferry across to Marthas Vineyard. Lots of money here and nice properties... Continue reading » -
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Mystical...
Spent some time at Mystic Seaport. Lots of old ships and shingle clad houses. Also home of the Mystic Pizza restaurant for those of you who sa... Continue reading »
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Vermont
Arrived at the bus station and hoofed it down the hill to Main Street. WRJ is s small town. The hotel is just across the street from the railroad.... Continue reading »
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Missing the bus
I`m sat in a cafe near the bus station. I just missed the 9am bus, so I have a few hours to kill. I stretched a coffee out for an hour while readin... Continue reading »
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Escape to the mountains
Arrived at Mont Tremblant today. It's north of Montreal and this area (the Laurentides) is dotted with skiing resorts. The fall colours are the best I... Continue reading » -
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Climbing a mountain and leaf peeping
I've had a couple of days at Mt. Tremblant now. It's a skiing area in the winter. At the moment the trees are turning so there are lots of gorgeous... Continue reading »
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Heading West
After a brief return to Montreal, I carried on down to Ottawa, capital city of Canada (but you knew that). Lots of grand public buildings and statu... Continue reading »
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Sweaty palms in Toronto
Toronto is very much the big city. In fact it reminded me of New York. It is a flourishing financial centre for Canada so has lots of tall sky... Continue reading »
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The River Wild
Last stop on this part of the trip. I took a stroll along the river, which sits at the bottom of a deep ravine. An eagle soared in circles overhead... Continue reading »
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