New York, New York

Well I didn’t plan this well. 4 calendar days to get to New York, tour it and get to Niagara Falls for the border crossing into Canada. 3.5 days actually, including the trip up from Philly. And I picked the perfect weather for it too – cold, wet, dreary. The rain would escalate to biblical […]

Rain, falling water and farewell

It’s my final day in NYC. Or is it? I’ve arranged for a parcel to be delivered to me at Niagara Falls post office which closes tomorrow at 2 pm, so I have until then to get from NYC to Niagara Falls It’s a 7 hr drive so I have the option of leaving tonight […]

The other Washington stuff

At the end of the walking tour, I ask our guide for a couple of recommendations for food and drink.  He suggests The original Ben’s Chilli Bowl, a Washington landmark, and where countless people in the public eye have dined, from Presidents to movie stars to foreign dignitaries. It’s a short bus ride up to U […]

More Monuments and Memorials

Taking up from where we , our group wends itself across to the Korean War Veterans Memorial. America has learned from it’s past, and again the Memorial has a distinctive design. It opens with life size figures of a platoon in V formation moving through the jungle. From there it moves to a memorial wall, […]