Saturday, June 04, 2005
Day 9: Contiki tour starts - New York to Boston
June 4 - Today is the beginning of my ten-day North by North East Contiki tour (the first half of the 'Grand Northern' tour) - starting in New York, going north to Boston, then into Canada to see Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Niagara Falls, then back into the US via Cleveland, finishing up in Chicago on June 13.
Met up with the group in New York... there's 57 of us (mostly Aussies surprisingly, good mix of ages, and girl/guy ration), not a spare seat on the bus - literally!
Jordan is our tour manager, Ray is our driver. For those who know what I mean, our day song is 'the remedy' by Jason Mraz.
Drove up Route 95 through northern New York state, New Hampshire and Conencticut, before stopping in Newport (in Rhode Island state) for lunch. Very nice town with lots of history, set on a harbour. They also had a chowder festival cook-off on this weekend. Saw the church where Jacquie and JFK were married, city hall and more. Nice to see the beautiful sunshine too!
Drove through New England area and into Massachusetts to arrive in Boston. Long day's driving. Watched the first episode of the TV sitcom "Cheers" on our way in.
Did a quick city tour in early afternoon. Will do more tomorrow. Hotel was nice but unforutnately a long way from town. Had a group dinner, then hit the town to party.
Met up with the group in New York... there's 57 of us (mostly Aussies surprisingly, good mix of ages, and girl/guy ration), not a spare seat on the bus - literally!
Jordan is our tour manager, Ray is our driver. For those who know what I mean, our day song is 'the remedy' by Jason Mraz.
Drove up Route 95 through northern New York state, New Hampshire and Conencticut, before stopping in Newport (in Rhode Island state) for lunch. Very nice town with lots of history, set on a harbour. They also had a chowder festival cook-off on this weekend. Saw the church where Jacquie and JFK were married, city hall and more. Nice to see the beautiful sunshine too!
Drove through New England area and into Massachusetts to arrive in Boston. Long day's driving. Watched the first episode of the TV sitcom "Cheers" on our way in.
Did a quick city tour in early afternoon. Will do more tomorrow. Hotel was nice but unforutnately a long way from town. Had a group dinner, then hit the town to party.
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