Traveling to New York
By: Kay Haynes | Posted: 10th August 2010
If you're planning a vacation to New York than you may want to consider investing in a travel agent to help you set the experience up. A travel agent can help smooth out a lot of the bumps in the road that you might experience as a first time traveler to New York. Whether your first time traveler to New York or you've been there on several occasions there are always things to learn about traveling to this great state.
The first thing to consider is whether you are going to travel to New York City alone or whether you'll be venturing out into the state of New York. While New York City as a great deal of experiences and sites to offer dull neglect the possibility of doing fun things in upstate New York as well. As someone who grew up an hour from New York City up the Hudson River I can tell you from firsthand experience that while the city is great, upstate can be equally enchanting. All you have to do is look at the native city dwellers and see where they go on their weekend getaways, and you will likely find that most of the time they're heading to either upstate New York, or Connecticut.
The great thing about New York in general is that you can have this amazing balance of urban and sparsely populated areas very near to each other. All you need to do is hop on a train or get in your car, drive 1 hour, and it seems like you're in a different world. A lot of the native New Yorkers already know this and that's why many of them escaped the hustle and bustle of the city to get away to the countryside for a few days a week. While you can do all sorts of exciting things in the city such as seeing a Broadway show, hitting all of the famous landmarks, and experiencing a multitude of different culture's foods all within a few blocks, you will find that upstate offers the antithesis of this experience. Upstate you will find delicious natural food coming off of apple farms and dairy farms as well as beautiful scenery provided by the Catskill Mts. I guess that this is the true magic of New York: It is a synthesis of two different worlds, one urban and one rural that provide equally interesting and unique experiences and yet contrast so heavily.This article is free for republishing
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