Ignore the map - it's confused! We took a looonnng slooww train from New York to Buffalo - still in the same state but a world away from NYC. Our first impressions of Buffalo were of empty streets with leaves blowing around - just like a scene from 'Back to the Future' (where Marty and the Doc get ready for their firetrack drive up the main street at night). It seemed kind of empty! We got to the hostel though and had the warmest friendliest welcome w...

New York, New York! We settled in to our little hostel near Central Park, had a bagel for breafast and hit the city! Mixed reactions to NYC in some ways - we loved the life, the diversity, the famous places...but on the other hand it was a slight let down. We enjoyed sightseeing and packed a lot in, but in between the glitzy places were a lot of very shabby sights in high profile places. Soho was just nasty, couldn't imagine any celebrities wanting to shop th...