Now this was our BIGGEST day yet, up and out to get downtown for our Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO walking tour, we breakfasted and all 6 of us moved downtown (with slight train delays.)
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| Kathy and her Rastafarian dude. |
We had a plan for breakfast at Blue Spoon Coffee, unfortunately their coffee machine was not working, so we piffed them and went next door for Suzette's Crepes and coffee instead, I opted for Hot Choc, as I can't seem to get coffee right. We ate on the steps of the Department of Education, which was the meeting place for our tour. Our guide, Marcos indicated we were in the Civic District, having arrived by train at City Hall, complete with Justice and Fame statues around this area.
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| Some of the buildings. |
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| wavy building from another angle. |
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| Crepes and Coffee on steps of Dept of Education. Kathy,Sandra, Julie Carolyn and Lyn |
Marcos was rather painful, he used far too many words and was trying to be funny and failing. I was bored to snores in between the walking. The sights tho were worthwhile, just stopped listening to Marcos and things were all good.
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| Nice dogs. |
Warm day today about 28 degrees, nice walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, lots of weddings - we saw three today.
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| Some street performers on our way to Brooklyn Bridge. |
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| Had to watch for the many bikes, this lady had come to grief, fell off but NYPD came to her rescue. |
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| BB |
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| Wedding # 1 - cool lady, wearing white Nikes. |
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| I love these guards, I think they prevent people walking up the structure. Like rat guards. |
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| On BB |
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| Looking down at one of the Garbage Barges. ALL Manhattan garbage leaves the island. |
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| Lyn with Manhattan Skyline |
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| Love locks have made it here as well. |
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| BB |
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| Cars, trains, bikes and people all use the BB |
Once over the bridge we turned under it towards DUMBO (Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass) - nice industrial area becoming trendy. Interesting view through Manhattan Bridge to Empire State Building. Stopped at a chocolate/ice-cream place - I had a cone with Raspberry Gelato and Vanilla Icecream - yummo.
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| Some street sculpture |
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| US Mail - at your service. |
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| View of Empire State Building, through Manhattan Bridge. |
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| Wedding number two. |
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| There was a surf shop in DUMBO. |
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| Liked the pattern of this plaster board on a truck. |
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| Street art. |
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| As everywhere in NYC, lots of works going on around DUMBO too. Very manual and no evidence of OHS here. |
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| Street Corner |
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| Still listening (or not) to Marcos. |
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| A warehouse. |
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| Dog and Hydrant. |
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| Wedding # 3 |
We finally got rid of Marcos down at the Brooklyn Pier, where we had good views of Manhattan again. Here we all went our various ways. Carolyn, Julie, Sandra opted for NY Watertaxi up river to MoMA, Kathy left us to meet her nephew in Brooklyn.
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| Barge on East River |
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| Carolyn and Bridge. |
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| Wedding #1 again. |
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| Carolyn and Lyn in the Fountain. |
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| Carolyn and Lyn again. |
Lyn and I headed off via East River Ferry to Pier 11, hoping for helicopter ride. I rang the number in NY Pass, only to be told there was nothing till tomorrow. Lyn suggested we go and see anyway.
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| Our ferry |
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| Bit Breezy on the ferry |
As soon as we stepped off the ferry we were accosted by Heli Tour ticket seller, this guy David was Venzuelan, had been in US for 8 months, anyway, it seems we could get a flight AND they would discount for the NY Pass too, so we opted for Middle option - Deluxe tour - a 20 minute flight.
David walked us to Pier 6, where they heli port was and we paid and were told 'on the quiet' tat we were upgraded to the Ultimate tour, 30 minutes, but don't tell the other passengers!
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| Pier. |
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| Lyn, with David taking us to the Heli tour office. |
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| We arrived. |
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| We have lockered our bags, donned our life vests and waiting to go. |
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| All aboard. There were 6 people on board, with Bryce, our pilot |
It was fabulous - photos - not so much, but the on board memory card is good.
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| Manhattan |
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| Lady Liberty |
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| Verrazano Narrows Bridge. |
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| Quarantine Island |
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| Verrazano Narrows bridge to Staten Island. |
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| Staten Island Ferries. |
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| New York City |
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| Green roof. |
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| Central Park Lake |
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| Turnpike? |
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| Central Park |
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| New York |
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| ? - with Rotor. |
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| Coming back into land. |
We then made our way to MoMA, met Carolyn and Sandra in Cafe, quick bite, then off for an hour or so to check it out.
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| Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night. I had seen it in Melb, but seemed to get closer here. |
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| Some other art installation. |
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| Helicopter in MoMA |
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| Andy Warhols, soup cans. |
The Gallery closed at 5.30, we met in foyer and then off to meet Julie at Eugene O'Neill Theatre for pre theatre dinner and drinks - we went to Lillie's - delicious and the decor was amazing, very old building with amazing stuff all around the stunning building. Nacho's for me, chilli hot, washed down with a 'Careless Whisper' cocktail. Quick change in restrooms for theatre.
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| Lillie's stained glass |
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| View in Lillie's restaurant. |
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| Cheers. |
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| Eugene O'Neill Theatre |
From there is was over the road for Book of Mormon show. A very irreverent show.
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| Carolyn and Lyn at BoM Doorbell Stage Door. |
After the show, we waved Sandra off, while Carolyn, Julie, Lyn and I ventured up to the Top of the Rock for night views of NYC - awesome!!!
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| Empire State. |
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| Trees outside Rockefeller centre. |
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| Rockefeller centre lit at night. |
From there we went onto Bar 230 at 230 Fifth Avenue via cab -great view at eye level of Empire State and the New York Life Building with gold top.
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| New York Life Building from 20th Floor of Bar 230 |
Bar 230 is on level 20, a roof top bar. Fantastic Peach Bellini and Passionfruit Martini for me.
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| Mmm now what to drink? Lyn, Julie, Carolyn. |
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| Empire state in background. Carolyn and I. |
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| Lyn and I with ESB coming out of my delicious Passionfruit Martini. |
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| Pink water tank atop Bar 230 |
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| Lyn, Julie and Carolyn at Bar 230. |
Finally,with some train delays and challenges, we made it home to wake Kathy to let us in by 2am (we only have two keys, so someone drew the short straw to let us in)
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| More of that fantastic tiling in Subway. |
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| Traveller with all his worldly goods. |
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| Trash night again, Rubbish is just dumped on the street, mostly bagged, but all manner of things from dishwashers to futons, to boxes and bags of rubbish. Next morning its gone. |
Carolyn and I are up early tomorrow for our Photo Safari.
Another incredibly busy day told through your great photos. Thanks for taking us on your journey Nicola.
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