New York Stories: written by Penn

In our middle weekend at New York we ventured on the train to Washington and Virginia! We had booked seats sone months ahead and took our trip to see Anthony and Heather and their Bassador dog Lionel (he is the same make and model as Boris!)

On a Friday morning I hopped out early to buy sandwiches at a long-line New York deli  and later we took our stuff, checked the map and walked West 49th and 7th to Penn Station.  The experience was much more like an airport visit than a railways station, and as much of a fan as I am of a UK train station, this one was just altogether less dreary.  Fun to ride the Amtrak with its ample leg room, uniformed Train Clerk and a purposeful, confident hoof through Philadelphia, Baltimore and many new locations.