78 days and 63 blogs later it is time to say goodbye to the United States and head home. Being on the road for such a long period of time has made me appreciate a lot of things, the least of which is home so it will be good to get back. This being my final blog I thought it would be a good time to reflect and then look towards the future. Well, two [...]

I went into New York City for possibly the last time today. I decided to take a different route and go via the airport train station. Train ticket from there cost $15, whereas my usually station costs $5.50 and it is further away, go figure. It was a stinking hot day, really humid and my walk of the downtown area took me through a few parks which were highly populated with people trying to escape [...]

I caught the hotel shuttle to the airport Air Train terminal for the first time today. From there, they have a free shuttle that runs to the Outlet Mall every half hour. The mall was similar to the one Emmy and I went to in Vegas, a few more stores maybe. I only bought some sock, couldn’t find any shoes that I liked and a top that I liked wasn’t in my size. I’ll be [...]

I’m feeling pretty much back to normal now, but the last 48 hours have been a pretty horrible time. Out of nowhere I suddenly got a fever, sweating, chills, muscle aches and weakness. I couldn’t bring myself to get out of bed for a day or so, but now I’m recovered. It is a scary thing to have come over you when you are all alone and in the middle of nowhere. I didn’t particularly [...]

Okay so with the bad start to the day out of the way it was time to hit the streets of New York City. Arriving from New Jersey at the subway station at Madison Square Garden I walked a few blocks to the NY yellow subway line station and caught it a few stops up to 60th street. My sister Lucy had asked me to look for a Holga camera for her from a shop [...]