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When planning our time in Canada, we were constrained by the dates of “The Canadian” train which runs twice a week from Toronto to Vancouver (departs Sunday or Thursday). This meant that the first thing that was booked for our trip were the train tickets. We had previously sussed out where to go for luggage…
And another week has passed! Last Saturday, we were doing laundry in NYC, doing some exploring on foot and repacking our bags in preparation for an all-day train ride, from New York City to Niagara Falls. Today (Saturday), we did laundry – again, walked around the local neighbourhood, repacked our bags, because tomorrow, we board…
Our plan, after visiting with friends in Virginia, was to fly to New York City on Monday, 27 May which would have given us 5 full days to explore NYC, but the Fates got in the way of our plans and a storm in New York closed La Guardia Airport. Our second attempt on Tuesday,…
Today was time to add another form of transport to our ever-expanding collection – we caught an Amtrak train from Union Station, Washington DC to Roanoke VA (which is USPS-shorthand for Virginia). We had been warned about the quality of, or lack thereof, of the food available on the train, so we brought snacks as…
It is now Friday, 17 May 2024 and we have reached Washington DC. We managed to negotiate the Metro from the Airport to Union Station and then weakened and caught a cab to our digs. As we will be in DC for 6 nights, we are using AirBnB for our accommodation. We are in an…
In the previous two and a half weeks, we have managed to cram in a lot. All of the destinations were new to us and some of them were pretty intense, so we were looking forward to coming to Aruba for 3 nights, to relax, swim and see family. Back in 2018, when Nick…
First I have to say that there is no comparison between New Orleans and Miami. New Orleans is old (by US standards), having been settled by Europeans, aka the French, in early 1700s whereas Miami isn’t considered to be that old and it certainly doesn’t seem to be a city that has much history. In…
We arrived in Vegas on Friday, got to our hotel and into our room. To get from the Check-In desk to our room, we had to walk past hundreds of poker machines (aka slot machines), a number of Craps Tables, three Bars, a hamburger joint and a coffee bar which was closed. In it’s favour,…
According to Mr Google, “I Left my Heart in San Francisco” by Tony Bennett is the No. 3 song about San Francisco, and whilst we were riding the Cable Car on our last afternoon in The City (locals never call it ‘San Fran’), we crossed Tony Bennett Way and I immediately knew what I would…
Nick & MJ On The Road 