Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin may have visited Donald Trump yesterday evening in New York City, but she slept in Jersey City.

Palin stayed at the Hyatt Regency on the Jersey City waterfront, completing the third day of her bus trip through historic sites along the East Coast including the Gettysburg battlefield and Philadelphia's Independence Hall.

"We love Jersey," she said upon her return to the Hyatt Regency from dinner at a pizza restaurant in Times Square. "It's good, it's beautiful."

Clad in pearl earrings, her trademark glasses, a black skirt and pink patterned blazer with an American flag pinned to the lapel, Palin met with Trump in his New York City penthouse apartment.

"He's got this business acumen that I hope people would listen to," she said. "We both encouraged each other to stay in the debate."

Palin said her father noted that Trump was very down-to-earth.

"He's a very real person, very grounded," she said of Trump.

Trump called Palin a "terrific woman and a terrific friend" who he hopes will seek the GOP presidential nomination, according to the Associated Press.

After the meeting, Trump and his wife Melania rode in a stretch limousine with Palin, her parents and youngest daughter, Piper, to have dinner at a pizza restaurant in Times Square, according to AP reports.

With Piper at her side at the Hyatt, Palin chatted and posed for pictures with a few hotel guests, including 10-year-old Myles Doran, who posed for a picture with Palin and her daughter.

"It'd be a great thing to tell everyone at school," Myles said of meeting Palin.

"It's been a good politics lesson," Matt Doran said of his son's meeting with Palin. Doran, his wife Melanie and their son are from England, and are in town on a business trip through Saturday.

"(He knows) she's a big figure in American politics, but we get to explain a bit more."

Of why she's chosen not to reach out to local politicians during this tour, Palin said: "It's not like we avoided them. I figure that politicians in office are very busy."

Palin noted that she's looking forward to touring Ellis Island today with her family.