September 23rd – September 29th
2013
5 work days for
J.
It makes our
explorations kind of limited.
School,
shopping, television, relaxing, reading.
One day off:
errands and some practical stuff.
Loop around our
neighborhood. Morningside park. Turtle. Cloudy and sad and gray.
State park on maybe former dock or something like that – many
sports facilities. Decent views.
Subway and walk
to the Battery park area (bottom of Manhattan).
Saturday.
Breezy and sunny.
Stock Exchange
on Wall Street – all fenced in, strange.
Too many
tourists and overcrowded sidewalk.
Many streets
blocked and empty, strange again.
The ferry to
Governor’s Island. Free. The island open only on weekends.
About ten
minutes before departure. Many people.
Half a mile
ride. More less.
Nice views.
Pretty pleasant ride.
Statue of
Liberty. Helicopters. Boats.
The island.
Used to be a military base.
Next year will
reopen as the city park. Now under construction (half of the island).
Crowd leaving
the ferry.
For Jay –
nice architecture, never saw a battle. Mostly closed.
Many empty
buildings. Roads.
There are no
people living on the island.
Sunny.
Extremely pleasant day – sun and breeze.
Tour of Castle
Williams. Newer fort built to secure the city.
Incredible
views from the roof. Military island.
Coast guard
island. The Castle was fort. Army prison.
Storage
building. Now it is National Monument.
As of writing:
close due to the government shutdown.
Really, this is
how democracy works?
Walk across the
island to the Brooklyn ferry.
So many empty
houses and buildings. There used to be up to 4000 people living.
Quick ride to
Brooklyn. Same great views.
Walk along the
river. Manhattan views.
Dumbo Arts
Festival in Brooklyn neighborhood of Dumbo.
Really crowded.
Brooklyn Bridge. Manhattan Bridge.
Don't give up.
People in costumes shouting this sentence.
Quite
interesting and amusing area and things.
Walk around for
a while.
Subway to
another part of Brooklyn.
Czech-Slovak
restaurant called Milan (owner's name).
Early dinner –
excellent.
D subway home.
Tired and worn out.
End of the day.
Really nice one.
