There Are Great Inexpensive Hotels in New York

I took the bus to New York from Boston, it wasn’t too bad, only took 5 hours through Massachusetts and Connecticut, passing some bland scenery and a some small towns before the bus dropped us off at the Midtown station. I had booked a room at a New York cheap hotel that was close to JFK, I wanted to be close to the airport when it came time to catch my flight to Italy. By the time the bus dropped us off, it was late at night, so the lights of the city were fantastic, but even at this late hour, the traffic was crazy; yellow cabs everywhere.

I strolled around for a bit and looked into some shops before I ducked into a Starbucks Coffee Shop. Then I caught the subway to my hotel and checked in for the night. My room was very nice, not bad for an inexpensive hotel! The next morning, I caught the same subway back into Manhattan and took the ferry across to Liberty Island to visit the Statue of Liberty. I couldn’t climb it, because I didn’t buy tickets in advance, but it was great to just be up close and wander around the base of the huge statue. I then took the ferry to Ellis Island where back in the 1800′s was the main US immigration post for people coming to America. The immigration house is now a museum. I watched a film about the island and the people who passed through. I even got to check out the surnames of people that past through on these metal plaques that had thousands of names on it, I didn’t see my surname on the list. I really would’ve been surprised, it I did see my family name on the list, since no one from my family ever wanted to go to America. My family really loves Italy and found no reason to leave our beloved country.

I managed to fit in seeing Greenwich Village, briefly and the Empire State Building before I headed back to my hotel room and get an early nights sleep. I needed to be at JFK by 5:30am to catch the international flight to Italy, home.

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