| Yesterday was our last day in New York City and our | | | | I had definitely wanted to see. |
| flight left at 7:57 pm, so we figured we'd store our | | | | It was a little quiet there on this cloudy and cool day |
| luggage at the B&B for a few hours and head out one | | | | and the Washington Arch, compared to other |
| more time for one more round of urban exploration. | | | | monuments, seemed a little diminuitive. We had a quick |
| Well, one area we hadn't seen much yet was | | | | pizza in one of the cheap student eateries around |
| Brooklyn (other than Coney Island which we explored | | | | New York University and got back to the subway. |
| on Friday). We really liked Brooklyn, formerly a sleepy | | | | However, we realized we were on the wrong |
| suburban area, which has has nicely matured into one | | | | platform (for northbound trains), so we headed back |
| of the most desirable neighbourhoods in New York | | | | out the subway to reenter on the correct side. |
| City, no wonder, thanks to its stately architecture, | | | | Guess what - our metro transit card didn't let us back |
| multicultural shopping areas and green mature trees in | | | | in! The display said "Just used" and there was no way |
| many areas. | | | | we could get back in at a different entrance at the |
| Our beloved Q train got us to Prospect Park, another | | | | same subway station. I guess that's a built-in |
| masterpiece by landscape designer Frederick Law | | | | mechanism to safeguard against 2 people using the |
| Olmstead, although this exhibit is a lot wilder and more | | | | same transit card. So we had to trekk about 20 |
| natural than its Central Park counterpart. Although the | | | | minutes south to Prince Street and use our metro card |
| day was a bit on the cool side, there were tons of | | | | there. Our $24 transit pass got major use over the last |
| people jogging, biking, walking and Prospect Park, just | | | | 4.5 days and when we go to NYC again, we'll |
| like its big cousin in Manhattan, has big fields with | | | | definitely pick up another transit pass. Well, at least we |
| multiple baseball diamonds and soccer fields. The | | | | won't make the same mistake again to swipe the card |
| action was in full swing and we caught a live | | | | and then exit the subway station... |
| performance by a Mexican mariachi band, fronted by | | | | Just after 2:30 pm we picked up our luggage at the |
| a young girl who was literally singing her heart out. | | | | B&B and spent the next 2 hours discovering a new |
| At the north end of Prospect Park is Grand Army | | | | subway line (the N line) which we caught all the way |
| Plaza, which is dominated by a massive Civil War | | | | to Astoria Boulevard, where we picked up the M60 |
| memorial arch. Across from the arch is the Brooklyn | | | | bus to get to LaGuardia airport. It took us a couple of |
| Public Library, opened in 1941 in a late Art Deco style, | | | | hours, but it was great to get one last ride through the |
| and now blocked off for some renovations. Just | | | | New York City neighbourhoods. |
| around the corner is the Brooklyn Botanical Garden | | | | After being thoroughly searched, patted down, having |
| and the monumental Brooklyn Museum of Art. | | | | my shoes x-rayed and otherwise being inspected, we |
| But we had no time to explore these areas further, | | | | finally got on our American Airlines ride back home to |
| we only had a less than a couple of hours left before | | | | Toronto and saw one last vista at dusk of the City |
| we had to pick up our luggage to head to the airport. | | | | that never sleeps. |
| Off we went and hopped onto another subway to | | | | We will return....... |
| head towards Washington Square Park, one area that | | | | |