I recently got myself a full-time job down in Manhattan. This despite my life-long declaration to never, ever, ever, ever work in NYC.
It’s not that I hate the city (it is loud and crowded), I just hate the commute. Where I live there’s no quick, easy commute in. You either take a super crowded, annoying bus in or you hop a train down to Hoboken or Secaucus, NJ and then transfer to another train to take you under the Hudson River and into Manhattan. Then you either walk to your office or hop another subway or bus to get there.
Yeah, it’s certainly a hassle. But when you have a wife and kids to support, you go where the jobs are.
It’s been a week and a half so far and I am enjoying it. The work is interesting and constantly changing. The commute actually isn’t so bad either. I get roughly 45 minutes in the morning and night on the train to sit and get some writing done. Like this post for instance. I’m writing it at 7:40 a.m. on my train ride in. Ain’t technology neat?
Anyways, yesterday was pretty cool. On the way home from Hoboken, I hopped on a later train than usual and was pleasantly surprised because it was a double-decker train!
I’d never seen one before, so of course I had to find a seat on the upper level.
Going up! I had to climb up and down three cars before I could find a good seat.
By the end of the ride, I had the entire upper car to myself! Party bus!
I’ll never forget my first double-decker train ride. Now I need to find me a triple-decker…
The Double-Decker Train is quite a ride. Being new to the area, I had never seen anything like it before, but I found it very enjoyable.
Cheers Sharon…
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I’ve never seen a non-double decker. I’ve taken the train to downtown Chicago a few times and they’re all double deckers. The kids like riding up top. Doesn’t matter where I ride as long as I’m facing the right way, otherwise I get sick. Glad you’re enjoying the job. Congrats again!
Really? Too funny. I’d never seen one before at all and now I’ve actually ridden on them 3 or 4 times.
wow,how cool,ive never ridden on a train before an that looks so awesome!
I would totally be like you and head to the top – enjoying the simple things in life is the best! 🙂
I’ll save ya a seat next time, Cindy. 😉
My daughte takes NJ Transit to Secaucus and then to NYC every day. I went with her in the summer when she went for her interview. It was my first time taking the trip by train. I saw this double decker train…and was glad to get a seat in the bottom.
Hey, Jackie! Thanks for the comment. Too funny that you saw this train. I was stoked to be on top! And I wonder if I was on the same train as your daughter. Secaucus is the stop right before Hoboken. I could take it and then transfer to another train that goes to Penn Station, but that means I’d have to walk an extra avenue or two. So it’s Hoboken for me.