Katelyn and Gregory Haskins find their way through—and around—the world
Seeing New York was definitely a priority on our planes, trains, and automobiles trip. I mean, how could Katie see any more of the world without first seeing the Big Apple? But she’d have to wait first. After arriving at Penn station, we had to take the subway out to Brooklyn to check into the hotel, then back into Manhattan at Rockefeller Plaza before she could catch her first glimpse of the city. She was mildly excited, to say the least.
We almost didn’t come to Philadelphia. The thing about Philly is that it isn’t really on anyone’s travel radar and it often gets overshadowed by bigger cities to the north and south. Yet neither Greg nor I had ever been to the city of brotherly love and it was halfway between New York and DC so we thought, why not?
So, big news! Our visa issuance numbers have come through. We had been hoping to get them before we left for our trip since Ellen lives about 30 seconds from an ancillary Korean Consulate office, but instead we received the much anticipated email mid way through our Philly Cheesesteaks in downtown Philadelphia. Looks like our tour of the Eastern seaboard has now become a business trip. Does that mean we can claim it on our taxes? Updates on our interview at the consulate in NYC to follow.
As I write this, Greg and I are sitting in the 30th Street train station in Philadelphia on our way to New York City. Philadelphia is the middle leg of our mini tour of the Eastern Seaboard (DC, Philly, NYC). You see, Greg and I decided that before we become strangers in a strange land, we would like to see a little more of our own lovely country. We call this our planes, trains and automobiles trip.
If only packing and moving were this easy…
