{"id":216,"date":"2022-01-26T14:20:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usawj.co.za\/?p=216"},"modified":"2022-01-26T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:20:05","slug":"day-2-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorcpt.co.za\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s start off by saying that we are The TIRED Travelling Taylors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have walked over 18 km today, with a fair bit of inclines and so we both have muscles telling us to slow down!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started off today by getting on the hop On Hop Off Bus \u2013 unfortunately, this was a real letdown!  We both remembered doing the Hop On Hop Off in CT some years ago with Willliam\u2019s beloved Uncle Theunis, which was really informative, but this was quite the opposite \u2013 silly remarks in the audio and not much information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We left the bus to see Little Italy and Chinatown.  What we did not know was that most things around NY only get going around 11.00!  So W and I walked around some quite dodgy, very quiet streets.  We did manage to buy a few bits and bobs to take home and saw grapefruit about 3 times the size of what we get at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hopped back on the bus and went to the next stop – Brooklyn Bridge.  We walked across the pedestrian walkway above the bridge which is 1.8 km.  It links Manhattan Island to Brooklyn across the East River. Once in Brooklyn, we walked to DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass).  An interesting \u201cYuppie\u201d are.  We went to a market called Timeout Market (thought of you, Neil) and enjoyed a warm hot chocolate and decadent choc cookie while we thawed out a little and rested our weary limbs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We then walked back over the Brooklyn Bridge and headed off to find Wall Street.  Then off to the Charging Bull, which is a bronze statue celebrating the \u201ccan do\u201d spirit of NY.  While queuing to take a pic of W with the bull, we noticed that the queue at the rear was longer than the queue we were in.  So after having taken the pic we went around to see what the attraction at the rear was\u2026. To put it crudely\u2026.. everybody wanted their pic taken holding the bull’s balls!!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n