Boston to New York

As is so often the case on our travels, our stay in Boston was far too short. We said our goodbyes to Stephen and family as they went off to work and school. We had arranged a taxi to take us to Boston South Station where we were catching the 11.15 Amtrak Acela Express to New York, a three and a half hour journey through Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York State.

The weather had improved considerably from the rather grim previous 36 hours and the sun shone as we drove to the station. Much to our surprise, Stephen turned up to say a final goodbye! His office is just around the corner from the station, so we had a lovely send-off from Boston.

The train ride was great fun and well worth doing. We had beautiful views across the countryside and the coastal regions of Rhode Island and Connecticut.

This was our first time in both states and we even went past the ferry from New London to Long Island that we will take when we drive down on our way to Savannah in a couple of weeks time.

We arrived at Pennsylvania Central station in New York at 2.45pm. We then had a half hour wait, in a long line, for a cab. Finally we reached the front of the line and loaded all our bags into the cab for the twenty minute drive to our hotel on 7th Avenue. On our way, we heard from Ed and Kate that they had just checked in, so we had a great welcome from them both when we arrived.

We partly unpacked and went to a cafe for a late lunch and, as Wendy would be rehearsing on both the next two days and would not have that much time to sightsee in New York, we all walked down 7th Avenue to Times Square and spent some time there taking photos. The Square was crowded with tourists and we were approached time and again by people working for the theatres trying to give us leaflets for the various shows on Broadway. We liked the two girls in silver outfits with outrageous headgear promoting Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

We returned to our hotel for an early night and for Wendy to get ready for tomorrow's rehearsals at the Sheraton Hotel on the other side of 7th Avenue.