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September 8th 2018

Published: September 9th 2018

Saturday in NYC means some of the subway lines aren't operating or are on different schedules. We left the hotel for the subway stop right near the door. Got off and walked a bit to the Tenement Museum which was a great tour. We had seen a piece on it on Sunday Morning a couple months ago and were looking forward to it. Great stories, good guide. Then wandered over through one of the four Chinato... Read Full Entry

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MikeAndSue

MikeandSue

This started for us to blog about India in 2008 and has been used several times since. Sue went to China in 2011 and helped the girls move around the Southeast in 2012. We'll keep using it to capture pictures and travels! Then: Ireland and the Isle of Man, summer 2017, bicycling in NYC with Road Scholars in Sept 2018, the Panama Canal, again with Road Scholars, March 2019! Then: Since we survived Covid-19 and Mike’s lymphoma, and Sue retired, we returned to Ireland and the Isle of Man in April/May 2023! For our 50th New Year's Eve together, we went to another Road Scholars program, New ... full info

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The Brooklyn Tower! we've been reading the book about the building of the Bridge and a lot of words were dedicated to the caisson and work that went into sinking it and setting the tower.

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down on the riverfront riding on the Greenway that we couldn't see from above.

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warehouse area at base of Brooklyn Bridge, on Manhattan Bridge side

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the perfect place to take a picture of the Manhattan Bridge framing the Empire State Building. Where's our pic of that? I don't know!!

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after dinner at the Shake Shack (I know--its a chain! but it was a good burger), as it began to sprinkle.

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First, I just had on mike's hat, then went for the umbrella

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It was raining... Empire State Building, Chrysler Building Taken from the halfway stop on the BB

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