Atlantic Inn Brooklyn

Flew up to Brooklyn to soak in for a week, help sister get to packing for our trip. <br><br>Fell in love with the place (well Brooklyn, and really liked Harlem). Been couple times before to ´hattan...but this time spent most of time in Brooklyn and Lower East. <br><br>Just got ...

... every day is an adventure abroad? and instead of flying back to JFK and then to Asia (minimum cost $600), kayak.com is returning $325 one way flights from Berlin to points East. 96 hours full of cancelling things-- storage space, etc. and then a few hours hanging out in nyc before jumping on the train.

... The weather was warm, but since we were next to the water, there was a delightful breeze that would come greet us from time to time. For a sweet topper, we nibbled on chocolates from Jacques Chocolatier. With all of this eating, we needed to start burning off some calories, so we decided to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge into the city-and it was a great idea! It was a bright, crisp day and the views were crystal clear for miles. With the statue of liberty on ...

... monuments and roll of honour list of the Americans that lost their lives in or over the Atlantic during that conflict. Walked to the ticketing booth to discover it was closed and would re-open at 8am. We headed back to the Subway to hop on another line to go uptown, to hopefully find the Famous Times square, it also was becoming close to food time, being around 6:30. We came up out of the Subway to find ourselves on Times square, Broadway, not bad for the ...

... and getting dinner. I waited there for a while and when he gave me a call, he told me that it might be best to meet on a different occasion to take a tour of Brooklyn because of my current circumstances, being immoble. So that kind of left me stranded. At this point, all I could think to do was to kill time since I couldn't move much. I made my way down to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. I parked myself on a bench and got a ...

... 4 different guides, of varying quality. The best by far was the young guy that had lived there all his life, great tips on restaurants, things to see and do. We stayed at the Best Western President, just round the corner from Times Square (and up the road from the Hersheys Shop and the M&Ms shop - yes they really have a shop for M&Ms, where you can amongst other things buy M&Ms buy the pound - all 22 different colours of them. Americans eh!). Great location ...

... London at noon tomorrow, go through customs and beg for a ride to Edinburgh free of charge. But, hey, we are on our way. Air India did give us food vouchers. Which is always good. We're sitting in the Brooklyn Brewery resturant, listening to some awesome 90's music on the speakers. What do you think of our adventures so far, Teale? Totally awesome, Kirstin, thanks! I especiailly enjoyed being told by both airlines we're flying ...

... walk around the park, Walk to Monterey Square and see the Mercer House from "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", Drive down I-95 and arrive in Orlando at around 4:00, Check into the vacation home and unpack, Food shopping at either Publix or Super Target, Dinner at Cracker Barrel Day 3: Sunday, August 5 - Epcot, Dinner at Sunshine Seasons Day 4: Monday, August 6 - Magic Kingdom, 2:45 Lunch at ...

... to the booth this guy handed me a flyer saying kevin spacey. i love kevin spacey. he has been in tons of movies (american beauty, the usual suspects, superman returns - he is lex luther) and i have always loved his acting. so i got us tickets to that. well, it was painful. the play was about some poor farmers in conneticut who are drunks and "woe is me" kinda thing. "A Moon for the ...