While taking our first trip on Amtrak from Charlotte to New York City recently, I had the handheld GPS on and recording our location along the way. I was curious about two things: first, where are the tracks amtrak uses, and secondly, how fast do the trains go. After returning home, I was able to [...]
We stopped at Bryant Park on our way to Union Station. [link-gallery gallery="Ne_theBigApple" name="The Big Apple"]
Although the weather sucked, Craig and I decided to make the trip out to Flushing Meadows. It was cool to see some of the old Worlds Fair stuff, although I think one could get tetanus from just looking at some of it. We knew the Unisphere from the movie Men in Black and it was [...]
We managed to see a great bit of Brooklyn - heading out to the Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island and the base of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. It's amazing to see how large and diverse Brooklyn is in comparison to Manhattan. [link-gallery gallery="Ne_theBigApple" name="The Big Apple"]
Tourists like Times Square and fortunately for me, I was a tourist during this trip. Taken from roughly the same spot, these VR panoramas illustrate the dramatic difference between day and night. [link-gallery gallery="Ne_theBigApple" name="The Big Apple"]
Taken from the Top of the Rock observation deck. The top one looks uptown, while the bottom one looks downtown. [link-gallery gallery="Ne_theBigApple" name="The Big Apple"]
We recently returned from a multi-week train trip up to the northeast, visiting friends and sightseeing. It opened up in Washington DC for 4 days, then Baltimore for 4 days, the Jersey Shore for 3 days and then ended with 7 days in New York City. On the Jersey Shore, more specifically Asbury Park, we [...]
