Hey travelers, welcome back to Allison in Wonderland! This past weekend, I did a whirlwind trip to New York City and I’m here to share all about my time there. Keep reading to see what I got up to in the big city!
Driving to New York City only takes about 2 or 3 hours from where I live in Maryland, so we usually drive or take a bus, but this time we decided to take a train! I took my mom on the trip with me and it was actually our first time on a train. When we went to Chicago (Chicago travel post linked here), we rode a commuter train into the city but that ride was only around 20 minutes and a little bit different than the Amtrak train we took this time, so we were really excited for the experience! It ended up to be an absolutely amazing way to travel into the city and we can’t wait to book our next train trip!
Once we arrived in Penn Station, we quickly hopped in a taxi and were on our way to our hotel. After we were in the taxi for about a minute, we actually got pulled over and the driver got a ticket! It was strange to have that happen because I never thought about the possibility of getting pulled over in New York City but we just hopped out and got in another one. We stayed right by Central Park, so the ride took about 20 minutes and we were already checked into the hotel after only being in the city for a half hour!
Once we got settled in our room, we hit the streets! Originally, we weren’t supposed to get to the city until after dark but we were able to change our tickets so we arrived earlier and we were so glad we did! We walked around the Columbus Circle area and W 59th Street and got our first taste of the city in the fall! I’ve been to the city many times before but never in the fall and it’s amazing! The leaves were changing in Central Park so it was neat to walk the streets and have the city skyline on one side and the colorful leaves of the park on the other side.
The next morning, we were up bright and early because I had a Central Park photoshoot at 10am! A couple months ago, I contacted one of my favorite photographers that I follow on Instagram and found out she was coming to the East Coast this month and I jumped at the chance to work with her. The shoot was incredible and she was just the sweetest girl! I’ll be getting the photos back soon so make sure you’re following me on Instagram (@allisantmyer) so you’ll see how amazing they turned out! Also, leave me a comment if you’d like me to write a post talking about the details of the shoot!
After the shoot, we grabbed some lunch and headed back to the hotel to grab our things. Once we took a little breather, we headed back out with all our luggage to do the rest of our exploring. Luckily for us, we each managed to only bring a backpack so we didn’t have a ton to carry around with us. We walked a lot of Central Park, looking at all the beautiful bridges and the carriage rides and I got to see the Central Park carousel for the first time! Before this trip, I hadn’t spent a lot of time in the park so I was really stoked to get to see more of it.
When it was close to the time we had to catch our train, we grabbed a taxi and headed back to Penn Station. Penn Station was a lot busier than the station we left from at home, but it was still very easy to maneuver. Overall, the trip was incredible and 24 hours went by way too quickly! I’d been looking forward to this trip for months and I’m sad it’s over but I guess that just means I’ll have to go back again soon! Thank you so much for reading this post, I hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram to see more photos from my trip. See you next week!
Sounds awesome!!! Love NYC!!