Brownstones and Bridges

Today we went to Brooklyn. Took the F train over and emerged on the corner of Prospect Park. We then walked through Park Slopes, leafy green streets full of that classic brownstone architecture. Beautiful and amazingly quiet, even one block off the main roads. So different from Manhattan... We continued on our long walk through Cobble Hill where basic terrace houses are 2.5 million and we couldnt even guess at the cost of those that faced the promenade and had views across the East River back to Manhattan. We finally made it to the Brooklyn Bridge. A short stair climb saw us on the walkway back to Manhattan. Fantastic views if a little hot. It was hard not to think about 9/11 and what must have gone on and how people responded. We remember seeing footage of people fleeing over this bridge which really is only a narrow pathway about 4 meters wide. We are going to Ground zero tomorrow. Back to LES and a good recommendation for lunch saw us at Inotecha, great italian food and cold peroni beer. Met up with Izac for dinner at a new Greek resturant Boudis and then up to "our" bar for nightcaps. Last day tomorrow, could do another week easily as we have not seen everything that we would like to, we are reviewing the bucket list daily.