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From Boston, we took the bus to New York City; we traveled on route 84 and the best thing about traveling on a bus is the cost! It only cost us $11 for the both of us to travel about 4 1/2 hours. The bus was full, but not crowded and we managed to grab the table seats, which was great for me to take advantage of the free wi-fi.

The bus ride itself was uneventful as we traveled along the freeway. Before we knew it, we had arrived at the edge of New York City, uptown with great views of the Bronx. We went down Amsterdam Avenue, which goes from the top of Manhattan all the way into the central part of Manhattan. We couldn’t help but giggle at a sign we passed saying ‘Divorce – only $399 – Spouse’s permission not required.’ I laughed even harder when I was my loved one writing down the phone number. Don’t worry, we’re still very happily married! The topper to this story is the sign was posted on the side of a church! Ah, New York, you gotta love it.

Our bus continued down into Manhattan and then we finally arrived at Penn Station, which is next to Madison Square Garden. We jumped off and got on the subway, where shortly we arrived to our luxury hotel that was easy to book on-line.  The best thing about our hotel was its location, only a few blocks away from Times Square and from South Central Park! We freshened up in our hotel room and by the time we headed back out, it was 7:30pm and there was a massive thunderstorm about to brew. We found a place to buy umbrellas, since we didn’t pack anything in case it rained.

We opened up our umbrellas a became one of the mass of people walking around all the big corporate buildings and the lights of commercialism, all the while trying to keep dry. After we walked around for about an hour, we soon realized that central New York is more expensive than we anticipated. We counted on most of the touristy places to be inflated, but we didn’t count on out of the way restaurants to have exorbitant menu prices! In Boston, we were treated to some fairly inexpensive meals. The same meal here is about $50 more!

After some diligent searching, we managed to find a small bar named Charley O’s, they had a happy hour on all their drinks and on the food as well. We got there just as this big band began to play, so we settled back for a couple of hours and proceeded to have several happy hours.