I stayed in Albany, NY for the first time at the Hampton Inn. What a swanky hotel! It is definitely not like the Hampton Inn I stayed at long ago in Illinois. The room was bigger than my North Street apartment in Normal, IL, and everything was top notch. Two big, huge feather beds for just one me. And I had a living room area with a couch.
Albany was cool. It would have been nice to check it out when it wasn't raining, and with some friends. Definitely a city with big shoulders.