Afternoon Nap~xCancelationxPlans?

[lady_noremon]

Before I doze-off-which I am close to doing, and thus will allow myself to do-I decided to post that I have canceled & got my refunds for the PortCon trip. I am holding-on-to the money though, as I am still planning-on going to America this Summer. I am sending my online!application off tomorrow[need to ask what my father's name and birthplace is/was--yes I dont know if he is even alive...]. That will take about 10 business days to get processed. Then I can cross the border. I am still depressed over my original certificate `disapearing. Also about no PortCon2008. Talking to Armadei last night helped a whole lot though. So now the tentative plan is around July 17th, I will take the ferry to Portland, then stay the night with either Armadei's relatives or in a motel/hotel, then take the Amtrak(sp?) to Boston. Now depending on where Armie is, I would then either go to upstate New York or to New Hampshire. I still have the money (minus $34 as I bought groceries today, since I am not leaving in a week now) :3

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[alchemy-hisoka.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've been following my discussion with Kun or not, but unless something changes before Monday, I'll be traveling back to New Hampshire with Kun after PortCon and staying until 21 July.

Kun: "I honestly want to say that we should wait to see about whether or not both of you come here at any point until I know how I'm feeling at that point. Obviously, the problem is that I won't know until that moment. And I realize that there's no way in hell that we can wait that long to decide.
Would it be a problem for you guys to find a way for Sarah to get straight down to NY rather than NH? I'm just unsure about this summer for so many reaons."

If you're willing to move your departure date back a week, you could come on the 24th and stay in upstate New York for however long you were planning (two weeks?). I can talk to my parents about the possibility of picking you up in Boston. Otherwise, you could take the bus or Amtrak.

The Amtrak from Boston to Albany would cost $28. If you book the Portland - Boston and the Boston - Albany trains together, it would be $52. However, you have no flexibility of times -- the direct line from Boston to Albany only runs once per day; otherwise, you have to transfer through New York City, which would be both longer and more expensive.

If you go this route, the schedule would be: depart Portland 8:15 AM, arrive Boston North Station 10:40 AM, transfer Boston North to Boston Back Bay from 10:55 AM to 11:05 AM, depart Boston Back Bay at 12:05 PM, arrive Albany at 5:35 PM.

As far as I know, all major Amtrak trains have dining cars, though I've no idea how expensive they are.

[There are three Amtrak stations in Boston: North, South, and Back Bay. From Portland, you can get to either North or South; Albany departs from South and Back Bay.]

The bus would cost $37; it's located in the Boston South Station. It runs more often than the trains.

(Even if you don't end up using the buses or trains to come down to New York, you might on the way back.)