Rich and Carrie in New York
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Brooklyn spamhead
Last Saturday we decided we should go to Brooklyn as everyone keeps telling us we should.
So we did, armed with the Lonely Planet Walking tour of the area as usual!
We walked across the Bridge to start off, which has some great views of both sides of the East river.
We had a really nice day out. We only had legs to walk around a small area, mostly Brookly Heights - which was nice and leafy quiet (where the pictures we taken below)- whilst others were very trendy with lots shops and bars etc. Carrie bought a T-shirt (been there, got the T-shirt), I bought some records, we mooched around some furniture shops, we went for a Peruvian meal (hmmm) and spent the evening in a bar with karaoke. Plus its cheaper than Manhattan, so we'll definitely be spending more weekends there!
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So we did, armed with the Lonely Planet Walking tour of the area as usual!
We walked across the Bridge to start off, which has some great views of both sides of the East river.
We had a really nice day out. We only had legs to walk around a small area, mostly Brookly Heights - which was nice and leafy quiet (where the pictures we taken below)- whilst others were very trendy with lots shops and bars etc. Carrie bought a T-shirt (been there, got the T-shirt), I bought some records, we mooched around some furniture shops, we went for a Peruvian meal (hmmm) and spent the evening in a bar with karaoke. Plus its cheaper than Manhattan, so we'll definitely be spending more weekends there!
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The Epic Catskill Road Trip
A couple of weekends we decided to get out the city and drive up into the Catskill mountains, about two hours drive North of Manhattan. Armed with a bundle of guidebooks, we were hoping to catch the much-hyped New England Fall foliage before it dropped. We hired a car on Saturday morning when the place opened at 7am. As usual they gave us a much bigger car than we booked. A Ford Taurus! what a car......
Anyway, we drove up the highway which hugs the Hudson river valley and we were in the Catskills by about 10:30. First we went to Kaaterskill waterfall, which was a bit of a hike. It didn't help that we didn't strickly adhere to the recommended path, so it turned into a bit of a mountaineering effort at some points. It was well worth the climb though as you can see from the pictures...
We stayed overnight in Saugerties near where the Woodstock festival was held. On Sunday we went to Mohonk mountain house and lake, which is a grand country retreat built on a lake up in the mountains as a Victorian hunting lodge for the Manhattan elite. Now its a nobby hotel , but you can still walk around the mountain and lake. It very nice, the tree foliage was spectacular along with the views over the valley. There is miles and miles of hiking trails. We went boating on Mohonk lake also. I discovered Carrie is rubbish at rowing! We spent quite a while going round in circles and bouncing off the banks when she was driving!
Carrie took lots of pictures of trees.
Driving back into Manhattan on Sunday evening was entertaining! Chaos!
The New York Hallowe'en parade down in Greenwich village was the following Monday. It was so packed with people, most dressed up as one thing or another. Hence the picture of Yoda and Princess Leia, otherwise known as our friends Cathy and Sasha. Cathy works with Carrie at Mount Sinai and Sasha is Swiss.
Here are some pictures..
we were there we found bigfoot...
A cold shower!
The Taurus!
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Anyway, we drove up the highway which hugs the Hudson river valley and we were in the Catskills by about 10:30. First we went to Kaaterskill waterfall, which was a bit of a hike. It didn't help that we didn't strickly adhere to the recommended path, so it turned into a bit of a mountaineering effort at some points. It was well worth the climb though as you can see from the pictures...
We stayed overnight in Saugerties near where the Woodstock festival was held. On Sunday we went to Mohonk mountain house and lake, which is a grand country retreat built on a lake up in the mountains as a Victorian hunting lodge for the Manhattan elite. Now its a nobby hotel , but you can still walk around the mountain and lake. It very nice, the tree foliage was spectacular along with the views over the valley. There is miles and miles of hiking trails. We went boating on Mohonk lake also. I discovered Carrie is rubbish at rowing! We spent quite a while going round in circles and bouncing off the banks when she was driving!
Carrie took lots of pictures of trees.
Driving back into Manhattan on Sunday evening was entertaining! Chaos!
The New York Hallowe'en parade down in Greenwich village was the following Monday. It was so packed with people, most dressed up as one thing or another. Hence the picture of Yoda and Princess Leia, otherwise known as our friends Cathy and Sasha. Cathy works with Carrie at Mount Sinai and Sasha is Swiss.
Here are some pictures..
we were there we found bigfoot...
A cold shower!
The Taurus!
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