Monday, 13 January 2014

Concrete jungle...where dreams are made, and there's nothing you can't do...


Clockwise from top left: View of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge; the Lady of Liberty; View of Central Park from Top of the Rock

Clockwise from top left: View from the Highline; The Manhattan Bridge as seen from DUMBO; The 9/11 memorial

Clockwise from top left: view from the Highline; Monique enjoying a classic slice of New York pizza; Apartment blocks in the Lower East Side 

The Guggenheim 

Clockwise from top left: View of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge; the NBA; Times Square

We won’t bore you all with the everything we did while we were in New York – over the course of 11 days we ticked a lot of things off – but here are a few select highlights…

> Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge felt like walking to the beat of New York’s pulse. The view was spectacular, and the energetic mix of locals, tourists and angry cyclists doing their best to avoid running into people was electrifying

> Where most art galleries exist to facilitate the display of artwork, The Guggenheim was something quite different. The smooth lines and circular sloping galleries blurred the lines between the art and the space.

> What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than seeing the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Musical Hall? It was amazing to join in the tradition of seeing the Rockettes, who how have been New York icons since the 1930s

> They say that Melbourne is the sporting capital of the world, but New York must be a close second. Given that we were staying in Brooklyn, it was an amazing experience to travel to our ‘local’ stadium to support the Brooklyn Nets against the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA

> Seeing the classic Manhattan skyline in all its glory was spine tingling. 

> To avoid the epically long queues we got up at the crack of dawn and caught the first ferry of the day across to Liberty Island to get up close and personal with the Statue of Liberty. Being able to see her in beautiful and vibrant morning light was a real treat.


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