The Big Apple!

We woke up this morning feeling refreshed, and headed to a small coffee shop in Brooklyn that was walking distance of our stay. We worked on catching up with emails, scheduling events, and starting the next newsletter. The coffee shop had pierogies, which we HAD to try. Neither of us had ever had one. Basically, they are central European dumplings. This is not doing them justice, but they are like little calzones. Ours had spiced cabbage inside. It was truly delicious! I want another one right now! We then headed into Times Square, where we would be speaking to a meetup group. We decided to take an Uber only halfway, and then walk the remaining half. We always enjoy walking! The city was bustling. We walked for about an hour before reaching our destination. On the way we popped into a pizza place that was selling slices with no cheese. How exciting! We got a slice, which was delicious. Cheers to low carbon transportation and food! The meetup went well. We shared our project and presentation with the group. By the time we finished it was 4PM. We then had to make some decisions - what to do with the rest of the day? Stay in Times Square? See a show on Broadway? Head back to Brooklyn? We decided on an urban adventure. We would walk from Times Square to the Brooklyn Bridge, and across. This was nearly the entire distance home! It was no small walk. On the way there, we stopped to get some appetizers from different restaurants, and had dinner at a small Italian place with a view of the Empire State Building. By the time we got to the bridge, I didn't want to walk anymore… but we had to cross it! It was beautiful at night. The bridge is truly an amazing structure. There were so many people there, even at 10PM! Once we crossed the bridge, we took an Uber home. At this point we logged 30,000 steps, according to our iPhones. This meant that our walk totaled 12.5 miles! You could say we got our steps in for the day! Needles to say, we slept way that night!

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