More adventures in New York

Today we went on the the downtown loop of the bus tour, which went through Soho, Greenwich Village and Tribeca, and past Chinatown and Little Italy. Then it went throught the Financial District, where we got off to get on the Brooklyn Loop. This was a bus ride through the neighbourhoods of Brooklyn, it was interesting the see the variety of housing and building types and to get out of Manhattan.

The bus returned to Manhattan, where we got off and then walked over the Brooklyn Bridge. The views of Manhattan from the bridge are amazing, and the bridge itself is an awesome piece of architecture, with huge steel cables criss-crossing the sides (over 17,000 miles of wire). After walking the bridge we went to see the World Trade Centre site, which was a pretty sombre experience, and such a huge site. After that we explored the Financial District, including the NY Stock Exchange, Federal Hall (got the photo, Dave) and the giant bull.

We were impressed by the facade of the American Museum of the Native Indian (and by the lack of admission fee) so we decided to explore....but then found out there was hardly anything to see inside. So we made a hasty exit.

We hopped on the bus again to see the East Village, the UN, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Rockefeller Centre before finishing up in Times Square and marveled at the huge neon signs. Then we headed back to the East Village, where we had dinner at a cool South American restaurant in the East Village, with live music, very authentic staff and even more authentic mojito's! Now off to bed to prepare for the Yankees and another big day.....