Empire State building

New Jersey to New York. Friday Night, Sat, Sun

---

December 8th 2008
As planned, Friday night was a couple of beers in a hotel with Alex and one of the other guys, and he dropped me back at the station. By then it was getting seriously cold. I stood on the platform shivering and swearing under my breath. The train was easy enough but it took me an hour to get to Penn Station, thankfully the hotel Wolcott wasn’t far from there so I walked. Lots of delis, restaur ... read more

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan

---

Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more