Bowling Green New York City

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My Friday started off with another run around Prospect Park in Brooklyn. As I was making my way around the pond in the middle, the sun was just rising and I managed to take a picture with my phone mid-run. What a great way to start my day!

After breakfast, Martha and I headed into the city. Martha had to work that day, so I went with her …

Når man er turist 2 måneder et sted skulle man tro at man fikk sett det meste av turistattraksjoner på stedet, men det stemmer ikke med New York City. Nå har jeg vært turist her i 2 måneder og det er fortsatt masse jeg ikke har fått sett. For det første kan jeg ikke kjøre 16 timers sightseeing hver dag i 2 måneder - orker ikke kjøre samme tempo som …

... the place was deader than Michael Richards' stand up career, and I freely walked the streets til I found myself back at the Bowling Green Bull. I snapped a few pictures, and then jumped on another train (I have an unlimited Metropass - very handy to ...

... myself. We had lunch on Liberty Island and got back on the ferry, stayed on at Ellis Island went back to New York. We got the subway from the Bowling Green up to Canal Street and got off to check out Chinatown and Little Italy, it was a real letdown ...

... time my camera decided it was going to run out of batteries, much to my chagrin. So unfortunately I have no pics of the Bowling Green Bull (not that exciting) of the farmers markets in Union Square. Ah well... Figuring that I really needed my camera to ...

... go quite how I expected it to, and soon I found myself heading back into the subway system. I decided to head to the New York Public Library. Even though it was fun wandering through the books, I enjoyed the photography exhibit -- Making the Scene: ...

... of the street sign, or of each other next to a statue of Washington. Walking from Wall Street we arrived at the Bowling Green and saw the famous statue of a rampaging Bronze Bull. The bull was surrounded by Chinese people all touching and stroking its ...

... You can't come to New York and not ride the subway in my opinion, so we walk to grand central station and take line 5 to Bowling Green at the tip of Manhattan, to catch the ferry to Liberty island. To get on the ferry you have to pass through airport ...

... still raining. I didn't stay long as I was sure to pass it by again when I could stop and read. I wandered down to Bowling Green Park, where us Brits apparently used to relax with quiet games back in the 17th century. Had a quick subway lunch, the ...

... -road tour which departed from Bowling Green at 14:00.  This tour was fantastic and enlightened us a lot about slavery in the United States during the 1800s and the risks people took to assist those caught up in the movement.  We were taken to ...

... when the first stepped foot onto the land of the free.  This did not turn out to be the case for every prospective united States citizen however as almost 2% were turned away and sent back on the boat from where they came from.  Now a ...

... heft walk, a massive loop that includes little Italy, Chinatown, and the financial district. It is then on passed the bowling green, through Battery Park, and then passed the site of 'Ground Zero'. It is curiously unmoving. More, but nevertheless ...