31. A Farewell to New York City

After eight weeks in this wonderful crazy city, I have to reluctantly say good-bye and head off across the Atlantic to another exciting destination on my world odyssey.

Here are just a few images not published on my previous blogs.

 

 

The Empire State Building at night from my kitchen window across the river in Jersey City

 

Liberty standing tall in NY Harbour

 

Those ancient lips from the Egyptian collection at the Met Museum of Art 

 

The cheeky squirrels in all the parks - and in my back garden

 

Stonewall Inn - Christopher Street - where it all began back in the Gay 60's

 

The best coffee in NYC at Eataly - 200 5th Avenue

 

Real furs going real cheap at Chelsea Flea Market

 

Marvel at the marble at the Met

 

Tomatoes of every shape and size at Brooklyn Sunday Produce Markets

 

Hundreds of stalls at the huge Williamsburg Food Festival

 

My favourite piece of Porcelain at the Met

 

The Yonkers Military Band marching in the Indian Independence Day Parade 

 

The foyer at the Met

 

The old skyline

 

Parks and walkways that line the foreshore

 

Green and clean city streets

 

NYPD patrol cars !!!!

 

The calm coolness that is Central Park ...

 

... and the chaos on an average day that is Times Square

 

The haze over the city

 

and that skyline ever reaching upwards

 

The wells of grief at the World Trade Centre Memorial

 

Contemplations at the Met

 

... those bridges - 19 in all ...

 

... more beauty from the Met

 

And a final walk up my peaceful street on an Autumn afternoon ...

 

Crazy crowded New York is an extraordinary city - or rather cities - overflowing with people of every shape and size from every corner of the globe; visiting this place is a rare and exciting adventure. 

From the chaos of Manhattan streets to the peace and quiet of Jersey City avenues, this town held me captive for 56 days until it had exhausted me totally. And even after all the hundreds of miles I am sure I have walked exploring every corner I could find, there are still pockets of this metropolis that have eluded me ....

Many thanks to Harry and Harriet, whose apartment in Jersey City was my home-away-from-home for my stay in the US, and to   www.airbnb.com   who bought us together !!!

After a short hop skip and jump, I have now landed on the other side of the Atlantic in Paris, France and will start blogging from there soon - I hope you will continue journeying with me ...