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Iceland is REALLY easy to do as a land tour and the best part of it for us is you can just be alone with your loved one(s). No cruiseship tours and buses full of other people, just you and your car and the beautiful landscape. You don't get that from a ship. You can do that in Alaska, too, but Iceland is small and easy to do on your own.

Just that? Any useful info to help the traveler make that decision?

Literally hundreds of options. What neighborhood do you like? Do you like Big hotels or smaller boutiques? Do you collect points with any chains? And then we get into budget. Some great hotels over $1000/night all over the city. Lots of choices at $300. Not as many at $200.

I get wanting to see the original. Sometimes that is impossible, as I mentioned before, due to not being alive for the original, being away from the city when it is first staged, sold out status, illness, or finances. I guess it makes it easier to pick your shows when it's Originals or Nothing. 3 questions: 1) If a show is first staged in London and transfers to Broadway with the same or a slightly different cast would you consider that an original? 2) If a show is first staged as an "Out of Town Tryout" in Chicago or LA or Boston, do you consider it an original when it transfers to Broadway? 3) Would you consider the current Broadway productions of Hamilton, Wicked, and Book of Mormon to be "Originals" since they have been playing continuously since they opened there?

I get that, but lots of folks aren't old enough or had the means to have seen Original Productions. This is certainly not your grandfathers' 1776, but ruling out remakes entirely as just not liking them means you would miss a ton of great theater, including these recent musicals: Music Man My Fair Lady South Pacific The King and I Hedwig And these recent plays: How I Learned to Drive To Kill a Mockingbird Topdog/Underdog Three Tall Women Jitney

August isn't the most expensive time in NYC. You should have your choice of lodging for under $300/night. Lots of Broadway options under $100, too.

We saw the pre-Broadway production in Cambridge, MA and were underwhelmed

Easily googled. I'm sure anyone who wants to see it can find it

Taxi is good for some folks. I've used one a couple times, but mostly used the subway or the Silver Line to the Commuter rail. All depends on your destination, amount of time you have, self-confidence, and depth of your wallet

Bostonian Hotel isn't really in the North End, although it has a nice view of that area. Taxi would be easiest, but the subway would be pretty easy. Shuttle bus at the curb to the train, $2.40/person and 2 stops to Aquarium Station and a 5 minute walk or 3 stops to State Street and a 3 minute walk I'd do Aquarium as the walk from there is more "open" and obvious which way to go. I always get lost at State station and come out the worst of many exits. BTW, that Rome to Rio info is REALLY confusing and inaccurate in terms of public transport options. I don't even see the Blue line option and that is something that has been the best way to do this for most folks for over 50 years

Did you have a question? I don't see that you requested assistance, if you'd like help please provide dates, budget and bedding requirements and we can try to help

FWIW, I've walked past Penn Station at least a dozen times between July 2021 and August 2022 and never been offered drugs nor have I seen any such transactions.

Probably, but they will take them at par ($1USD= $1CAD) so you will lose out big time. Use plastic.

The Newbury is fine. I used to work a block away and we regularly had out of town staff stay there. It's not fancy or memorable but it is well located and comfortable

I agree, uber or taxi would work. It's even walkable, if the weather is good and you don't have too many bags. Or if you have too much luggage for one car, maybe one or two people walk while the others ride wtih the bags in the cab/uber. It's under a 30 minute walk. There are many other Marriott properties a shorter walk to the pier, some quite close. You're just going to be further from Times Square, which may not be a bad thing

You can always do a One Way rental. It might cost more, it might not. We just booked a car for upcoming spring from a suburb south of the city, dropping off at the airport (I assume that's what AP means?) and it was the same price as a round trip to the remote location

Certainly doable and walkable for folks who do a lot of walking. For people who might have difficulty with a 2 mile walk this would not be recommended. If you are good with 5+ miles of walking this can be a great hike

Easy peasy

Pretty sure we had napkins from his restaurant on Central Park South, that were disposed of in the move

As Hallasm said, other than drinking water and fresh air, everything is expensive in Iceland. There are ways to save money on food. We have spent over 30 days there and have never eaten lunch in a restaurant. But guides are well trained and have solid vehicles and there is a cost to that. And the price I quoted was pre-pandemic. Could be more now. You can get lots of help arranging a land trip on TripAdvisor. Recommended itineraries are discussed daily over there.

I've done that walk, although not all at one time. We stayed in a hotel near the dock and did half the route one day and then the other half the other, retracing our steps back each time (or nearly so). It's not hard if you can do a 5 mile walk without too much strain.

Check TripAdvisor's Boston forum. There is a "what's your favorite North End Restaurant" thread started every 2-3 days. In between that there is usually a "What's the best North End Restaurant" thread as well

I met Mickey at a Sports Dinner in the very early 1970s and have a signed Polaroid of him and me from that night. He was signing a book he wrote, around 20 years ago, and my wife went to the signing to get a copy and took that old photo with her. "That was a long time ago, Lady" The Commerce Comet said to my wife.

Private guides run about $1000/day and up in Iceland. It really is easy to drive there.

Canada is pretty big. Right now it is 70 in parts of Canada and 17 in others.