Feeling Brand New

So it turns out I don't actually have that much to write for New York part 2 and should probably have done it all at once. Oh well.

On Sunday, our third day there it rained a lot so we made it museum day, and visited the Guggenheim and the Natural History Museum. Is two museums enough to label it museum day? I say yes.

The Guggenheim is a really impressive building, both outside:

and inside:

Hello, Rex

We walked through Central Park to get to the Nat. His. Mus., and posed with bears along the way.


I don't really take photos in museums and galleries, so there isn't really much to show here I'm afraid.

Later in the afternoon we hopped on the subway out to Brooklyn to visit the Brooklyn Brewery and do the mandatory brewery tour for our trip. They have a nice little operation going out there, and afterwards we had a couple of beers in their bar. The IPA is very nice if you ever get the chance to try it.

Yup, it's a cup of beer.

For dinner we went to Public, a Michelin-starred restaurant back in Manhattan. On Sunday evenings there they have a set dinner menu where you are served 5 'experimental' courses, where the chef tries out new ideas. Everything we got was really tasty, and the best thing about menus like that is you are made to try things you wouldn't normally order.

Our final day revolved around a trip on the ferry out to Liberty and Ellis Islands.

Manhattan from the harbour.

Thar she is.

Thar she is, with zoom.

Thar I am.

Quite big when you get up close.

There's an immigration museum on Ellis Island, which isn't that interesting but is in a cool building, where all the immigrants to the US used to go through upon arrival.




We had a pretty relaxed end to the holiday, getting a slice of pizza each for lunch and a few beers at the Heartland Brewery bar in Union Square, before catching the long flight home. Great times!