Monthly Archives: May 2016

New York–15th May 2016

Shopping day today, destination – Jersey Gardens Outlet mall  in New Jersey. Headed to the Port Authority Bus Terminal for Bus # 111, this linked us directly to the Jersey gardens mall. Buses were leaving every 10 minutes, a short … Continue reading

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New York – 14th May 2016

Sightseeing today, wanted to cover Statue of Liberty, 9/11 location, visiting the One world observatory (Freedom tower) and Brooklyn bridge. Morning quick breakfast, then down to the Subway for a train to South Ferry station. Subway travel is very efficient … Continue reading

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Toronto to New York – 13th May 2016

Early morning start, flight to NY was at 8:15am. Masa & masi both came to drop us off at the airport, an emotional farewell for Nita & masi, they both had got very fond of each other. Big thanks to … Continue reading

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Toronto – 12th May 2016

Today was sightseeing downtown Toronto, then dinner at Hansa foi’s place. Early rise up, masa dropped us at their local GO transport station, from where we got an express BUS directly into downtown. The bus ride was just over 40 … Continue reading

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Niagara to Toronto – 11th May 2016

Today’s plan was simple, a car ride around the Niagara parks region, then to off to the Niagara Outlet centre (enroute to Toronto). Evening we were catching up with Rini and Jiten. Post breakfast we headed out, first a tour … Continue reading

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Niagara – 10th May 2016

Masa and Masi taking us down to Niagara today for an overnight stay. He had organised it all and arranged hotel accommodation for us as well ! Up early, all packed up and ready by 9 am – good timing. … Continue reading

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Chicago to Toronto–9th May 2016

Early start today, catching a 9:20am flight on a Monday – bad decision!! We had to deal with crazy Chicago traffic requiring over an hour to reach the airport, and that was with leaving the hotel at 6:10am!! Tip: if … Continue reading

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Chicago–8th May 2016

After a big first day of covering the major sights, today was a sleep-in day. And literally it was, it was around 10:30 we woke! The schedule today was simple – roaming about Chicago city in a relaxed mode. First … Continue reading

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Chicago–May 7th 2016

First morning in the Windy city, looking at the online weather, it was 8 degree C! View from our window showed a cloudy morning with slight rain . Got our jackets on for the cold, and then had to take … Continue reading

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Chicago–6th May 2016

Unlike previous holidays, Nita had to fly in solo. She arrived into Chicago around 4:30pm and made her way to the hotel, staying at the Westin North River. My flight from Detroit landed just after 8pm, made it to the … Continue reading

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