July 4 - the American Independence Day, a day of celebration in the US where all things come to a stand still. Streets are quiet, there was hardly any soul on the street. We were traveling to NY city by Greyhound bus. We booked our online bus tickets a few weeks ago, for the two of us, it cost less than $300.00 compared to almost $900.00 if we take the plane. We are retirees, not in a hurry in our travel therefore, decided to take the scenic route by bus this time to NY city.
We wentto NY numerous times, either driving or by plane when our son was working in the Big Apple. However, we rarely took the bus, so it was a new experience.
We boarded the 6am bus at the Toronto Bay Street bus terminal and in no time at all ( less than 2 hours), we arrived at the Buffalo border custom.
I thought with the Trump's hard-line anti-immigrant policy, we would probably take a long time at the US border. To my pleasant surprise, it took less than 20 minutes for all the passengers on the bus to pass through the custom inspection.
By 12:30pm, we were in Syracuse, the half way point between Toronto and New York City. The bus stopped allowing there allowing passengers to have a lunch.break We were happy to find a Tim Horton, Canadians' favourite coffee shop, in the US,.
The scenery going to New York was beautiful. The bus passed by and stopped at bus terminals a few small towns.
Cortland, a place where we had fond memory as this was the place we always stopped whenever we drove to NY to visit our son.
Binghamton, another scenic small town we remember well.
It was exactly a decade ago when we made the frequent visits to NY city to watch the shows on Broadway, shop and Macey's and stroll in Central Park.
It was shortly after 6pm when the bus pulled into New York City. It seemed no time at all.
Here we are again for the July 4 long weekend to recapture part of the happy memories of our younger days!
R.T.
New York City
USA
We wentto NY numerous times, either driving or by plane when our son was working in the Big Apple. However, we rarely took the bus, so it was a new experience.
I thought with the Trump's hard-line anti-immigrant policy, we would probably take a long time at the US border. To my pleasant surprise, it took less than 20 minutes for all the passengers on the bus to pass through the custom inspection.
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| Nice scenery en route to New York City via a Greyhound bus |
By 12:30pm, we were in Syracuse, the half way point between Toronto and New York City. The bus stopped allowing there allowing passengers to have a lunch.break We were happy to find a Tim Horton, Canadians' favourite coffee shop, in the US,.
The scenery going to New York was beautiful. The bus passed by and stopped at bus terminals a few small towns.
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| Lovely buildings on Clinton Ave in Cortland, NY |
Cortland, a place where we had fond memory as this was the place we always stopped whenever we drove to NY to visit our son.
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| Binghamton, NY State, USA |
Binghamton, another scenic small town we remember well.
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| Binghamton train station, New York State |
It was exactly a decade ago when we made the frequent visits to NY city to watch the shows on Broadway, shop and Macey's and stroll in Central Park.
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| We spent the July 4 long weekend in U.S.A. |
It was shortly after 6pm when the bus pulled into New York City. It seemed no time at all.
Here we are again for the July 4 long weekend to recapture part of the happy memories of our younger days!
R.T.
New York City
USA
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