Day 13 - New York City
Today we thought we’d tackle the Brooklyn Bridge. The sun was shining and although it was quite crisp, it was a nice enough day. Refreshing is a positive word. :)
We got the train to the bridge and walked across. It has the most amazing views of Manhattan and surrounds. It’s pretty amazing that the Manhattan tower of the bridge is just sitting on sand! Simon is constantly comparing everything to computer games he’s played set in NY. “it takes heaps longer to walk across here in the game” haha. Once across, Simon was keen to find Grimaldi’s, a well know pizza store. On approach we weren’t surprised to find yet another queue. I’m pretty much over waiting in queues. The take away line was the same line as the eat in so there was no escape! There didn’t seem to be much organization to the line and there were some pretty annoyed large groups still waiting for tables an hour or so later. The pizza was good, the cheese probably the highlight but I certainly wouldn’t line up for it again!
We scoffed down our pizza at a port under the Brooklyn Bridge then thought about how we were going to tackle our next mission: to get Craig some chocolate from the Mast Brothers’ factory in Brooklyn. After wandering along the water not really knowing where we were, we thought a taxi was our best bet. We found the chocolate factory in an interesting part of Brooklyn. The guy serving us was very ‘happy’ and his mates were outside playing on their skateboards. Life’s good for them! We got the choc Craig requested then strolled through a suburban part of Brooklyn looking for a metro station. Simon loved the contrast from the hustle n bustle of NYC. He found a bagel store (hard to resist) before we finally found a train headed for Manhattan.
Once back, we decided to go check out Grand Central Terminus and surrounds. I hadn’t been to Bryant Park before - looks like a nice place to relax and have an after-work drink. I know it of course from Project Runway and fashion week. :)
We then rushed back home in time to get to the Iridium Jazz Bar where we had booked a table for the night. It was a dimly lit, underground jazz bar- very fun! We saw Marc Ribot and band play from our front-row seats - they were very good. Great night and looking forward to some shopping tomorrow… hope the shops are open! :)
