Day 12 Tuesday 5th May 2009 Montreal to New York

Day 12. 5th May 2009 Montreal to New York.
Not much happening today. Our train left Montréal at 9:30am. After travelling for about 1 ½ hours US customs officers climbed aboard to examine our passports and decide whether we can enter America. They held the train up for two hours. The rich flat agricultural land of Canada gave way to rolling to hill country with lots of trees hiding the farms I did see some Friesian calves. The trees were small but tall enough to hide the surrounding countryside. We travelled alongside a major river for several hours. As we neared New York a different river appeared. Someone said it was the Hudson. We arrived at Pennsylvania station at 8:53pm after travelling 608km making a total of 6421km since we left Vancouver. This information was supplied by Ross. We walked only a short distance to the exiting escalator which took us up to 7th Avenue with all its brilliant lights, yellow taxicabs and many people of all shapes and sizes, colours and creeds. Yes this was definitely the New York we see on the tele. Across the street and to our left less than 50metres was our Hotel.