Day One- NY/NJ/PA

Jessica Elephantitis: stairs + moving out without Orit = sprained ankle
Yes, this is how we started our trip. Moving Jessica out of her apartment, 3 floors up, was not the best thing, but we both survived, with a few bruises!

Jessica's Sprained Ankle

After getting kicked out of the Fleetwood post office (the mail lady refused to lift one more of Jessica's boxes), we went over to Bronxville where Jessica was almost grossly overcharged for shipping. A total of four hundred dollars later in shipping charges, we were on our way!! The car is completely packed but we can still see out the windows (no need to worry dad!).

Started off at 11:30am and drove to NYMC, Jessica's grad school. Orit got a chance to meet the famous Dr. Visintainer and saw the campus.

Jessica: "Pulling out of the parking lot of NYMC was actually quite depressing. It finally felt weird to be leaving!!! Dr. Visintainer walked us out to our car and almost made me cry!!"

We crossed over the Tapan Zee Bridge and drove down the Palisades Parkway making a quick stop at the beautiful overlook of the Hudson River.

At the Palisades/Hudson River Overlook

We got off the interstate and made our way along the Lincoln Highway -- the oldest highway in the country. This was a slow route that gave us a tour of Edison, Highland Park, and Princeton. We stopped in Princeton admiring the campus and neighborhood. We loved it there. During our walk around the campus we observed some intriguing architecture but were somewhat surprised at how quiet the campus was -- there didn't seem to be many students around. They were probably on their way back from anti-war protests on Memorial Day heeding the calls from John Edwards :)

Princeton Campus

Then, it was back onto the interstate with the goal of getting to Valley Forge before sundown. This is Jessica's old stomping ground when she worked at GSK. We drove into the park -- Jessica took over the driving. You have no idea what we went through in order to take this picture. All we will say is it involves a park ranger on a power-trip.

Valley Forge

After Valley Forge, we drove down towards Lancaster. Downtown Lancaster resembled the Bronx. And, our suspicions intensified when we passed by the prison. When the prison is the nicest building in town, you know there is a problem.

Lancaster Prison

After some searching we found a place to stay -- Country Inn, which provided us with the most important amenity -- wireless internet. Somehow we've got to figure out the rest of our plans and post this great blog of ours. :)