AAPRCO Trip 2014 - Day 2: Saturday - September 21

This morning got up for 7:30 breakfast in the dining car on the Lake Shore Limited. 

We were going through Cleveland so Rick showed us approximately where the New Your Central Collinwood shops were located while enjoying a second cup of coffee. That is where he got our N & W Pullman, Buchanan County. 

Passed through PA to NY and alongside some tree nurseries and vineyards. 

Buffalo, NY had their huge old train station just waiting for rehab. 

Here at their Amtrak station they used the handicap lift. There are a lot of what I think are Amish who ride the trains, one, the fellow in the blue and white hat, stands to the side. 

Rochester had the big Kodak building, just barely caught in this picture. 

Amtrak staff are very helpful. David Martinez is the steward for our sleeping car. He will be serving us supper tonight in the Cafe car since the dining car got split off in Albany to continue on to NYC. 

Mr. J. Zelligerl was our dining car waiter for breakfast and lunch. 

We had brats, chicken, angus burgers, and a variety of desserts. 

In Schenectady had the huge General Electric plant still in production.   

Debbie checks over our route options for our Maine and New Brunswick and International Park at Campobello Island where FDR had a summer home. We had been along the Erie canel but outside the window is the Mohawk River. 

Albany was a fuel stop which also meant a nicotine stop for the smokers. They have a new Amtrak station. Rick and Mark check it out while the train is refueled, cars rearranged, and a new engineer takes over. 

With the dining car going to NYC they used the Cafe car and our sleeping car steward served us supper there. We also discovered it had free wifi!

Our train is 2 hours 45 minutes behind schedule. 

We arrived at the Boston South Station about 10:30. Last time I was here in 2006 it was covered totally in Apple banners. This time Heineken. 

Took a "livery" taxi to the Holiday Inn Express near the North Station and Boston Gardens at 280 Friend St.  There were some very popular night spots with long waiting lines next to our hotel. This is the view at the end of Friend St. 

We checked in adn a couple on the elevater had a Mike's Pastry box. I remembered that place from last time, too. We raced down to 300 Hanover St but they had just closed at 11:30 pm but you can see they have a wonderful aray of Italian pastries. This place is full of people waiting in lines on the evenings. 

So we walked back to the Guglielmo Modern Pastry at 270 Hanover and had shared carrot cake and rum soaked sponge cake. 

They have been in business since 1947. They also sell Pizza, Calzones, and Arancini- which means "little orange" in Sicilian. It is a small stuffed with rice, cheese, tomato sauce, etc. and breaded deep fat fried ball. We haven't seen these in Omaha and we have a lot of Sicilians there!

Walking back we saw a sign to get to Paul Revere's house. 

 The night ended with us sharing a very expensive room but all slept petty well.