Our last day in New York :-( First visit was to MOMA (Museum of Modern Art). Fabulous space and a really good variety of art. We spent about 2 hours there. Next we went to the New York Public Library building which was very impressive - lots of marble and carved wood. Then on to Grand Central Station for a look and then caught the subway uptown (getting the hang of this lingo just as I'm leaving!) to Bloomingdales department store. It was pretty impressive an...

Today we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn. We caught the subway to Manhattan and then ventured across -a glorious sunny day. This is a busy bridge - walkers and cyclists either exercising or just checking out the views like us. It only took about 25 minutes and that included stopping to take photos. Once on the other side we just walked around the beautiful old streets admiring the buildings and apartments (see photos). Lots of nannie...

Today we went on a bus tour that took us first through Harlem where we stopped at the famed Apollo Theatre. We saw massive queues of people waiting to go to church - apparently these services have become very popular, which is why we were taken to a small church in the Bronx where we joined a congregation in a Baptist church. Much singing and preaching and quite an experience. Our tour guide was quite a character so it made the ride on the bus quite fun. We dis...

Today we walked the 1.6km length of the High Line - a disused railway line that has been converted into a walkway with gardens and seats. To get there we walked through part of Hell's Kitchen and it was good seeing another area of NYC. Being up high the views from the High Line are great and it ends just above Chelsea Markets. There were a lot of people there as it is Saturday and a lovely day. After lunch we walked further on to Union Square where we found The ...

Today we went on a guided tour called Dozen Apples with our guide Nathan who is an actor. We caught the subway up to Wall Street where we walked around, passed Ground Zero, Chinatown, Little Italy (had an awesome cannoli), Soho, Noho and Greenwich Village where we had lunch at a nice little Italian restaurant. Then back on the subway to Upper West Side and then to Central Park where we saw parts we didn't see yesterday which was great. Nathan told us we'd walked ...