Brooklyn Bridge

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So I figured that if I want to be a successful travel journalist, I should really start a blog. I used to write a lot when I was younger. My primary days were filled with non-fiction stories about vampires and candy, whereas my high school days portrayed more of a blog structure, things concerning life, emotions and well-being. I know I want to mix …

Day 1 in New York. Really gave the shoes a work-out. Such a beautiful day so we decided to do the Brooklyn bridge walk - with thousands of others... You get a great view of the New York skyline from there. Took the train to Coney Island and walked the boardwalk beside the beach. Had a real end-of-summer atmosphere. Watched the bungee jumpers nearly …

Ondanks de jetlag (waar we niet veel last van hadden) waren we om 06.30 uur uitgerust wakker. Ondanks het feit dat de hele nacht het verkeer in NY doorgaat inclusief sirenes..

Ik ben op zoek gegaan naar een bakker voor het ontbijt enz. Het valt niet uit te leggen hoe druk het is als je buiten komt..zelfs om 08.00 AM, komt het getoeter enz …

Heute verließen wir Manhatten,aber nur für kurze Zeit. Es ging mit der U-Bahn nach Brooklyn, erstmal viel weiter als wir wollten, weil der Reiseführer uns falsche Informationen lieferte. Am Ende konnten wir doch noch Brooklyn erkunden, z.B. den Fulton Park (U2 Fans können was damit anfangen), wo wir auch mit Blick auf die Skyline von Manhattan nach …

You can't help but get excited when you arrive in New York. The amount of people who have said to me before and on this trip, "oh you will love New York" has been ridiculous. The pessimist in me straight away was like "great, New York is going to suck because everyone keeps talking it up". However, New York lived up to its high expectations.
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Today didn't exactly start off with a bang. I slowed down our early start by having a very long coffee with our host, Mark and asking him a ton of questions.

Mark works as a nursing/medical teacher, a nude model for art students and a masseur amongst other things. He likes drawing, appreciates art and has a lot of artist friends.

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Early on the 26th of January (Aussie day!) we bussed it from Boston back to New York. This time around, we are staying at The Manhattan on Times Square which is really central and close to where we stayed last time. We arrived around three and had our room upgraded to the top floor of the hotel because there was a problem with our booking. We …

An absolutely beautiful day in NYC after the best night's sleep imaginable. After breakfast we took the R train across to Brooklyn and wandered through a very cool and pleasant parks along Cadman Plaza heading for the Brooklyn Bridge. Enjoyed the walk across the bridge and the interesting views of Manhattan and the landmarks of New York City. Lunch …

We had a fun day walking over Brooklyn Bridge, and then walking around the area known as Dumbo (down under manhattan bridge underpass) That evening we looked out the window to find 3 fire trucks taking up the street. The fire fighters came out from the building directly across the street. As good new yorkers we climbed out of our window, stood on …

... performing that night. Its a great piece; a monologue about Diana's reflections on being attacked by a schizophrenic 3 years ago in... Brooklyn. Oh. Oh I see...  Claire to Jo (during closing applause): 'Shall we get a cab home?'  But ...

... ;      Nevertheless, after dinner we meet up once again with Toby and Bronwyn for some bowling at Brooklyn Bowl, a bit of an institution in Williamsburg: http://www.brooklynbowl.com/bowl  Toby dominates the game and the ...

After several attempts to cross the Brooklyn Bridge, finally, I did it with my brother, Jing, his wife Gigi, my nephew, Kidd, and Martin. It was a 20 minutes walk from end to end. It was one o'clock in the afternoon, of August's summer, hence we took the ...

... were just drunk. I arrived in NYC last night and was picked up at JFK by my dear friend Mallory. We headed back to Brooklyn where she and her brother's family live and had dinner at a local Austrian restaurant. They were serving beef stew or fried ...

... , an example of European life, unlike living in America, work to live. We exchanged emails and offered to email her if and when I get to visit Europe. I hope she had a nice flight. Anyway, back to Brooklyn Bridge. Here are the pics I took. ...

We are now in our third and final exchange apartment in New York, this time in a part of Brooklyn known as DUMBO, or Down Under The Manhattan Bridge Overpass. This is more our sort of neighbourhood - more hip, edgier and more interesting - more like ...

... , New York, USA Käväistiin tänään Brooklynissa. Ex tempore fiilis aamulla -> Käydään tsekkaa Brooklyn Bridge. Pakattiin vankkurit ja lähdettiin etsimään sillan Manhattanin puolista päätyä. Aluksi pikku sekaannuksen vuoksi eksyttiin ...

... , but they were still loaded containers, so I didn't stay up to watch us leave the harbour. The lights of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge were spectacular anyway, seen from our berth. They have loaded a lot more containers, so that although none of our ...

We hit the tourist highlights today, so blog is in dot point form. -Brooklyn Bridge -City Hall -Wall Street -Staten Island Ferry -Grand Central Station -Empire State Building -Ali met a couple from Nathalia at the Empire State Building. Came ...

... all my gear through the subway and down to Lance and Melissa's appartement in Williamsburg Brooklyn. From their roof you can look along williamsburg bridge onto Manhattan. Brooklynbridge in the background completes the view. Lance, Melissa; Thanks ...