We woke up to rain and fog this morning which made it really hard to get out of bed. I think we left the hotel by 10:30. After a panncake breakfast on the corner we headed south to Brooklyn.
Arriving in the central parts of the borough we went strait to the visitor's center since we had no idea what to do in Brooklyn (I've just heard that it is the hip place of New York these days). We quickly got a map and a route to take through "downtown" Brooklyn.
Bjorne and I are very surprised that we haven't found a single real grocery store on Manhattan so far. There is something called Duanereade, that have some kind of basic grocery selection in some of their stores, but we haven't found anything like Swedish ICA or Coop. Apparently everyone has to go to Brooklyn to pick up groceries, because there we could find several within a pretty small area! I finally found some more raisins to buy (I had to through my last raisins away entering the Capitolium in D.C.).
Even though the weather wasn't what we wanted...we had a nice stroll through the old part of Brooklyn. We saw many really nice and cute town houses.
Since we had already walked across Brooklyn Bridge we walked through Dumbo (where we found a very small beach of rocks) and walked over Manhattan Bridge instead. What a noisy bridge! But we got a nice view of Brooklyn Bridge at least!
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| Mini police vehicle directing traffic to help an ambulance get through the crossing |
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| Our first goal was to follow Montague St down to Brooklyn Heights Promenade |
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| In Brooklyn! |
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| We walked back and forth in the old part of Brooklyn enjoying all the cute town houses |
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| I just thought the VW Beetle really suited this part of Brooklyn |
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| Nice house |
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| Nicer house |
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| Nicest house |
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| A jump in Brooklyn |
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| From Brooklyn Heights Promenade we could study the fog over Manhattan |
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| Bjorne in front of Brooklyn Bridge |
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| I love glasbetong (sorry don't know the word in English) |
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| Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory in front of Brooklyn Bridge |
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| Yummy, even in the rain! |
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| The Bridge! |
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| Manhattan in the background |
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| The Bridge seen from Dumbo |
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| We found a beach! Manhattan Bridge in the background. |
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| And I found lots and lots of rocks...just took one to bring home though! |
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