Trips

I live in Stony Brook, New York; my girlfriend lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts. How do I visit her?

In the old days I used to first take a bus from the university to the ferry dock in Port Jefferson, then the ferry from Port Jeff to Bridgeport and there a train to South Station. At South Station I would meet Meri, and take the Boston "T" to Harvard, then a bus to Wellesley College. PHEW! Sometimes I would have had to take the train to Port Jeff.

In numbers:

1. Bus to ferry dock - $1.00.
2. Train to Port Jeff - $2.25.
   
3. Ferry one way - $15.50.
4. Train one way - $61 - 76.00.
5. Boston "T" - $2.00.

So a round trip to Wellesley cost me around $190. An I did this like four times! Geez Melvin! I spent more than $1000 on transportation! Well, not anymore! I discovered the bus. Yep. Finally.

I must confess that while I was always taking the "money road" mentioned above, my girlfriend was happy taking a bus to NYC. I believe that her total expenses for the fall were less than $190. This is makes me angry, but I happy that she got to save some money.

So now I will be taking the Greyhound buses to Boston. Let's compare cost:

1. Train to Penn Station - $9.50.
2. Subway - $2.00.
3. Bus to Boston - $15.00. (with coupon, do not forget it!)
4. Boston "T" - $2.00.

The grand total now is $57. WOWZERS! That is really something. :-) . I am very sad that it took me so much time, energy and patience to learn my lesson. I guess it is never to late. This year I want to save some money to buy a new computer. I am thinking of buying an Apple.

Will there be a difference? Not really. My reasons for taking the ferry-train route were that I believe it was more comfortable and lending more to study-like. The buses are not bad at all, besides the first time I took one last December, where the guy in front of me keep pushing his seat as back as possible. But I literally put him in place... Besides that, I should be able to read or do homework while riding.

My next bus trip is in two weeks!