Back in the day when the economy was good (well, when I still considered credit cards to be free money) - I pretty much got a yellow cab absolutely everywhere I went in New York.
Seeing as no one is paying me to be a lady of leisure and my sister is an actual grown up with some sense of both general and financial sensibility, there's been a lot of walking this time around and I have actually learned how to use the New York subway. Get me right, I still don't enjoy using the New York subway, but that's not the point. The point is, I actually know how to get from point A to point B by using it. And that is what I'll be doing until someone gives me a job where I can still have a nap at 3 PM every day.
After three days spent up and down Manhattan we ventured out all the way to sunny Brooklyn. And whilst we were working on our tourist credibility we decided to get there via one of the most famous bridges in the world.
Getting onto the Brooklyn Bridge is not the easiest thing as it turns out. I mean, the bridge is clearly there and there are clearly people on it - but there should be some sort of an Idiot's Guide To Get Onto The Brooklyn Bridge available amongst the hot dogs, Statue of Liberty hats and Barack Obama postcards already up for grabs outside City Hall.
In the end, we figured it out. Granted, this was after I almost led us onto where the cars rather than the people cross the river. Big Sis was somewhat unimpressed.
On this beautiful New York Sunday, we were not exactly the only people around who had thought a walk across Brooklyn Bridge would be a splendid idea. Cue, massive hoards of tourists of all shapes, colours and forms. And we all know I just love massive groups of out of town visitors not knowing how to walk in an efficient manner.
Finally on the bridge, halfway across, you can't really make any negative remarks with regards to the views. Once again, I really do love New York!
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| And yet people can't find the bridge... |
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| The view! |
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| More views! |
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| Big Sis, Big Bridge |
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| Me, sans cab |
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| And again - yet people can't find the bridge... |
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