Tag: trains
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A weekend trip by train to Red Bank, NJ
This past weekend, Paola and I decided to take a little day trip by train. We were looking for somewhere new, accessible by train, and with a coffee shop, some nature, and a few places to window shop. In the end, we went to Red Bank, NJ for the day, leaving from Penn Station on…
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Weekend trip to Beacon
Yesterday we went on a day trip to the city of Beacon in the Hudson Valley. We love going there to visit shops, eat, drink, and walk along their Main Street. It seems every time we go, there’s a new store or restaurant. It’s 1.5 hours by train from Grand Central Terminal with trains leaving…
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Sleeper Train Bucket List: Empire Builder to Portland and Seattle
Marvel at the majesty of the northern United States as you travel over mountain passes, through alpine valleys and past 7,000-year-old glaciers. Glide by buttes and bluffs, along mountain streams and across the Mighty Mississippi. – Amtrak.com Amtrak’s Empire Builder traverses the US from Chicago to Seattle and Portlane, OR. One of its biggest draws…
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Our first and hopefully not final Frontier flight
The price was shocking: $285 for two round-trip tickets from Long Island to Orlando, Florida for Christmas. At this late date, every other airline was nearly $400 or more for one ticket! The last straw was when I realized that United, the cheapest “normal” option, was now charging for carry-on bags in Economy. There’s always…
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Weekend Getaway to Storm King Art Center
Imagine you could book a semi-organized day trip outside New York without getting in a car or bus. Well, you can, with Metro-North Getaways, which offer round-trip on the train and discount museum and event tickets. We’ve been big fans of the Metro-North option for some time, having done the Farm Fresh tours twice, Dia:Beacon,…
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Hopping cheaply across Europe by air and rail
Here’s some good news about your dream trip across Europe. With a little advanced planning, and carry-on luggage, you can get there and get around fairly affordably. After months of planning and procrastination, our full Europe itinerary is now booked. Here are the details of our grand tour with some super secret discount tips at the…
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Sleeper Train Bucket List: Norway and the Arctic Circle
The Nordland Railway (or Northern Railway) runs between the historic city of Trondheim and the beautiful Northern town of Bodø. The 729 km. long railway crosses the Arctic Circle and takes you through stunning Norwegian scenery. The whole journey takes about 10 hours. The train departs twice a day, and also runs as a night…
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Bucket List: Jazz Train from New York to Montreal
Featured image by Bublegun (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons New York, en wagon piano bar! Imagine some of the nicest scenery in the East flashing by the window as you’re serenaded by live music and wined and dined. I first heard about this unique year-round service from a post on And North.The…
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Bucket List: EuroStar from Paris to London
Featured image: Fraselpantz at en.wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons The high-speed EuroStar train crosses the English channel en-route between the French and British capitals. It is blindingly fast, direct, and happens to link the last two destinations of our planned summer’s trip to Europe. If there is a single simple two-hour train ride that I’m…
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