Traveling has looked very different the past year, even for day trips, and especially for city trips. I took a trip into New York to visit my friend who goes to school there and here’s how our day was.
I always take the train into Penn Station from central Jersey when going to the city, it’s about an hour ride, and I can safely say it was less crowded than usual. I went on a Saturday which resembled a normal weekday pre-pandemic and my friend said that as vaccinations increase more people have slowly been going out in NYC.
While the crowds are thinner, traffic hasn’t slowed that much in the city that never sleeps. We took our time exploring Soho and I was so surprised now seeing New York since the last city I went to was London when I was abroad a year ago; it was like I saw the city completely differently especially since New York was the only city I ever spent a lot of time in before. Also, we only stayed in Manhattan and the Bronx (where my friend’s apartment is), so I didn’t get to see if Queens or Brooklyn look much different Covid wise.
We did have to stop at my friend’s favorite taco place ever, Los Tacos, which is the best because they use the freshest ingredients and you can even see them shaving the meat. We made our way back to the Bronx for a night in, and I was pleasantly surprised that almost everyone wore masks because I see a good amount of people in NJ that aren’t this strict when a store isn’t there to regulate them, but everyone on the subway and trains were good.
