New York State House at a sprint!

Arriving into Albany the weather changed: from biblical heat we descended into biblical rain. We had enough change for 36 minutes of parking but as we parked directly outside the state house we figured that'd be fine...until Visitors Information told us there was an observation tower. Queue a sprint to one end of the underground concourse to go up the tower, before a returning sprint to see the House and Senate Chambers and making it back to the car in exactly 36 minutes. The state house was less showy than some, a bit like D.C. but in sandstone. Everything about the underground concourse however was very American - big, bold and calorific...including a Dunkin' Donuts inside the state legislature. Pretty sure there's a Dunkin' Donuts no more than 100 metres from you at all times in America.Read more