Goodbye

 

So now the tour is nearly done. Its been a great one and one that the Blog hopes will be repeated soon.

 

The Blog hopes you will follow the second leg of this year's tour which starts in September and will be back on familiar ground.

 

See you Wednesday.

The statue

Here it is because the Blog forgot to mention it

Say hello to Brooklyn

Bloggers considering a trip to New York should plan their itinery very carefully. Of course everyone has to see the main sights like the Empire State, Freedom Tower, Times Square etc etc. but it is some of the lesser known parts that make this such a great city. Soho, Greenwich, the Lower East Side, Chelsea etc all have so much going on.

And of course there is Brooklyn. So much of this tour has been spent in this amazing borough.
There are no world famous landmarks except the Bridge but there is a culture and attitude that makes the place simply Brooklyn. So when Bloggers plan their trip Brooklyn needs to be high on the agenda.  

Great Bars

Another great bar with a great view. This place is full of them if you know where to look.

Contrasts

Whilst Brooklyn is becoming very hip and trendy, or what ever the jargon is, parts of it are run down and indeed there are some parts no tour would dare to go.

But even walking a street that has seen better days or perhaps has always been that way, you can always look up and see something that excites.

The Blog thinks that may be a good motto for us all.

Cup cakes

And if you are a follower of the cup cake fashion then Chelsea has one just for you.

Variety

The thing about the high streets in these parts is that they are all different and made up of individual independent shops. One high street does not look exactly like the next and they do not all have branches of the same national chains.

Sure there is all the fancy fashion houses on 5th Avenue etc but away from there little specialist retailers rule.

And you can get anything imaginable.

This Brooklyn Cheese Shop sells cheese from Nottingham.