http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ImogenandLucy/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ImogenandLucy en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:12:55 +0000 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:12:55 +0000 So we finally made it to California yesterday after 52 hours on a train. It was a pretty incredible trip the rockies on one side and the prairies of Wyoming on the other. We also saw a whole lot of nothing. Pleanty of desert and a few antelope.We saw thousands of cows but no bears when going through the forests. The trains are lovely with loads of leg room and reclining chairs and even an obse http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-422176.html On Sunday we went to a chinatown festival. It was boring and just a means for advertising Mickey D's. So we headed back into the city and went to Navy Pier. We went on the ferris wheel also Mc D's and got some amazing views of the lake. We found an incredibly posh deli and bought some tasty cupcakes which melted yum.We had a half price ticket to go round the maze it was scary and Lucy had to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-420787.html So our penultimate day in Toronto left us to our own devices. Beforehand we went for our first ever Sushi trip it was interesting. We then headed downtown and mooched around we were planning on going to the ROM but it was a bit to pricy for our budgets. We headed back early and went to the store as we decided to cook some lovely english grub for our hosts. Shepards pie and Victoria sponge. On http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-419844.html So we have had a couple of very busy few days. Yesterday we got our tourist on and went to the CN tower its tall. Like really tall. Its also incredibly ugly. But on a clear day like yesterday you can see for miles and miles as the top deck is 1500 ft high. They have a glass floor too which is really neat and everyone lies on it to take pictures it was mighty windy up there aswell.We had a brief http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-418663.html We finally arrived in Toronto yesterday morning after a very long trip. It was very odd driving up to the border getting out the coach and going through the checks before getting back on 10ft further down the road. Of course theres always someone who gets it wrong so we had to wait around for over an hour we did see and extremly cute bird though.Violent thunderstorms greeted us and after much co http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-417855.html Weve had a very relaxed few days sitting in the park going to the cinema and lazily wandering around shops and aquariams. Its been lovely Boston is a beautiful city but unfortunatly its RAINING like no mans bussiness. Not much else to write really not much happening doing the freedom trail tommorow when it brightens up a bit. Just had a lovely pizza for tea and were still eating a lot of bagels http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Boston/blog-416614.html Yesterday was our last day in New York we had a lazy sunny morning in Brooklyn. Came back to pack in the afternoon and got incredibly lost. Even though we catch the same train to the right street we still seem to end up at a different station each timeWe spent the afternoon in central park and later met up with Lucy's friend whose doing a summer camp here for some dinner. We went to a lobster pl http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Boston/blog-415507.html Wandered down Madison Avenue after a late morning and ended up at the Sony wonder lab. The Challengers should remember this from last time still the same still freeWas fun but we were the oldest ones there by about 10 years...Went to the NY public library after miles of wandering trying to locate it again unfortunatley no winnie the poo but we did see the decleration of independence hand sign http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-414914.html We went to the zoo saw lions and tigers but no bears oh no But we did see kangaroos and tapirs and monkeys and tutles and lizards and mice and a nun.We also sat on a bench and ate a really boring muffin.At 42nd St we saw a man playing a saw.As we waited in line for the top of the empire state a family quizzed us on the ratio of rabbits to cats in english households. Then a woman did a similar thi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-414796.html So here we are in the old big apple 23 hours of travelling really wore us out but luckily we got lost on the London underground and not the New York one.With all the museums art galleries shows and sights its hard to decide what to do first so were off to the zoo.having our first experience of hard core youth hostelling with 8 girls to a bathroom and 3 different sleeping patterns its an advent http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-414043.html