Well as it's the holiday weekend and the weather has been so good we decided to visit the seaside today - Coney Island to be exact.
I had my early morning run in Central Park, and then we had our customary breakfast at a local Deli, then we took the subway and headed coast wards!
Coney Island is actually a long way from Manhattan, but as every subway journey costs the same, this time we got our money's worth, a 50 minute trip for less than 3 dollars.
Coney Island is a resort area, a bit like Skegness, amusements and funfairs, hot dogs and chips - the place is actually very grubby but it is an historical place, with a really old wooden roller coaster called "The Cyclone", and an equally old Ferris wheel called "The Wonder wheel". Sally and I went on the Cyclone, and all of us went on the Wonder wheel - Jan usually avoids fairground rides, but today she was brave, only screaming and shrieking for some of the time!
On the way back into Manhattan we stopped in Brooklyn and had some coffee, and then explored a really atmospheric old area called "Brooklyn Heights", this area was very quiet, leafy, trendy and obviously expensive.
At the weekend there is a lot of maintainence on the subways, and so the rest of our journey was a bit painfull due to delays and diversions, but now we're back in the room and chilling before we go out tonight for our last evening... I'll write the final posting tomorrow on the plane.
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