Noticing that there are few, if any, travel blog entries for our favorite place to come home to - the Capital Region of New York State. The Capital Region is accessible by I-90, Amtrak, and a number of airlines serviced by Albany International Airport. We are about 3 hours from New York City, 4 hours from Montreal, 4 hours from Boston, and 5 hours from Buffalo. I’m posting my impressions of what a visitor can find here where we live. First there is Schenectady, which we love because we see critically acclaimed, professionally produced top notch traveling shows of Broadway plays at Proctor’s Theatre on State Street for less money and less hassle than we have come to expect to find in New York City. Schenectady has wonderful restaurants; great neighborhoods, several lovely historic sections, including
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