On the last day of our trip, we took the subway to Brooklyn, making sure we got the train that goes across the Manhattan Bridge and then we planned to explore more of Brooklyn. Luckily for me, our wanderings took us past an amazing craft shop where I was very restrained. We then headed down to the waterfront and admired the misty views – I felt for the people that had chosen that morning to go to the top of the One World Observatory.
After a couple of hours exploring we headed to Henry Street Ale House where I enjoyed more delicious New York cider and had the best nachos I’ve ever had! The barman was friendly and the playlist was spot on so we ended up whiling away our afternoon there. The perfect end to our New York weekend! Take me back, please …
I love New York City, it’s definitely one of my favourite places in the world. I first visited when I was just 15 and on a school choir tour, it was an incredible experience and left a real mark on me. I then visited for my 21st birthday with my Mum and we had such a fantastic time, accidentally walking onto the set of Inside Llewyn Davis was a highlight. After those two trips, I’ve been keen to return for a while, and my boyfriend hadn’t visited since he was a child so we set about booking a BA Holiday deal in January. Less than a month later we were sitting in a yellow cab speeding towards the skyline.
We only had a few days to explore, some might say it was crazy to go for such a short period of time. We landed on Thursday lunchtime and our flight back was on Sunday evening. But I think we managed to fit a lot into this trip, as you’ll see from my blog posts!
On our first afternoon, once we’d checked into our hotel, The Roger (with the comfiest bed I’ve ever slept in) we set off exploring. The plan was to walk to the Brooklyn Bridge via some of the neighbourhoods we wanted to walk through. It was a beautiful afternoon and I instantly fell back in love with the city.
I didn’t take many photos as we were walking through Manhattan but couldn’t resist once we got onto the Brooklyn Bridge, it was beautiful.
Sunset over the city, bathing the Statue of Liberty in light
Looking back to Midtown
Dumbo – the Manhattan Bridge perfectly framing the Empire State Building
New York is definitely a city that lends itself to black and white!
Once our sleepiness started to take hold we got on the subway to Williamsburg and the Brooklyn Brewery. As not much of a beer drinker, I was relieved to find that they also do a cider, which was delicious. We’d been awake for almost 24 hours when we finally got back to the hotel, but when in the city that never sleeps why waste time sleeping!
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