October 16, 2012
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Our Trip By Rail
We were at the train station early, so I walked outside to take a few photos.
Before long it was time for our traveling companions, our daughter Deb and son-in-law Roy,and us to prepare for departure.
Before long we were traveling through beautiful Lancaster County farmland.
A few sundrenched weeds by the track at one of our stops.
Cerwin and Roy looking over literature about the city to which we were headed.
Roy enjoying the scenery.
We were in the Quiet Car, so did our best to keep our conversation low and do a lot of reading.
Philadelphia was one of our stops before heading to the Big Apple.
After arriving at Penn Station we walked to our hotel near Times Square.
By the time we had checked into our hotel we were ready for lunch. Roy and Deb took us to a Brooklyn Diner. (If I remember correctly, there are three in NYC.)
This photo included me (it wasn’t very good), but I thought it was a great picture of Deb.
Roy’s Cuban Chicken and…
…black beans and rice.
Deb’s Reuben Sandwich. She said it was the best she had ever eaten.
Cerwin and I shared a delicious chicken sandwich.
Roy and Deb introduced us to noodle kugel
Kugels are Ashkenazi (European) Jewish dishes, traditionally served on the Sabbath and holidays. This sweet noodle kugel included raisins. Yes, noodles are the main ingredient and it was yummy.
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Following the meal it was time to walk off some of those calories – and we did that when we walked to another part of the city to see the aircraft carrier Intrepid (a museum) and the space shuttle Enterprise (which is stored on Intrepid’s flight deck).
This trip happened, because I was talking to Deb on the phone the day the Enterprise was being transported to New York City by air and mentioned that I would like to see it, she said, “Let’s do it.”
Comments (18)
WOW, what FUN!!!
I love the photos of Lancaster County! And that Cuban Chicken looks delicious! Oh, my — you’re in for a treat! I’m really excited to see how they are displaying the Enterprise. Was the Intrepid a part of the space program? How exciting!!!
@slmret - I am not aware that it was part of the space program.
@Richgem - It was a great trip.
@cerwindoris - I should look up the answers to such questions before asking them — the Intrepid was a WWII carrier, decommissioned well before the space age!
What a wonderful trip! That picture of you and Deb is wonderful! Love seeing the scenery!
What an exciting trip!
@piecedtreasures - @myhopeisinjesus - Wonderful and exciting are two good descriptions of the trip.
Wow, what fun ! And the Reuben sandwich…..OMG nomnomnom I am STARVING now !
@Want2FitIn2Fat2Fit - I had a bite of the Reuben and it was delicious.
I love that last sentence and I’m glad you did it. The trip looks very interesting!
@purpleamethyst76 - We are so glad we did it!
How exciting! Would love to do a tour of that city some day ~
@fwren - It was nice being with Roy and Deb, because Roy knows the layout of the city.
@slmret - The other day I told you that I was not aware that it was used in the Space program. It was. It was a NASA astronaut recovery vessel. Somehow I missed that when we were on the ship.
@cerwindoris - Thanks for coming back with that info!
@cerwindoris - OK Now I am seriously hungry xoxo
@Want2FitIn2Fat2Fit - Pictures of food will do that to you.