New York Day 3 - Brooklyn Bridge

On Day 3 we decided to take our new fangled metro passess for a test drive. The first order of the day is to hop on the subway and head out to Brooklyn. We were going to walk the Brooklyn Bridge back into Manhatten but first we needed to get some food.

So we stopped at a lovely little cafe for some cinnamon buns. Then we headed down into Brooklyn park for some great views of the Manhatten skylines. Then we headed off to try and find the entrance to the bridge for walkers. It is not that easy to find and it took us a little while. But we managed. By then the bridge was busier than we would have liked but that didn't take away from the amazing views.

After we got off the end of the bridge we walked south to the South Street Sea Port. We stopped at yet another book store so the kids could do even more book shopping, then we went along the waters edge, picked up a smoothy, and then walked over to the Staten Island Ferry terminal. It is free to ride the Ferry out to Staten Island and back and the path takes you right past the Statue of Liberty so it was worth it.

We just wanted to get to Staten Island and then hop on the ferry to come back, but we were feeling a bit rushed to catch the next ferry so we decided to wait it out, and take the next one which was set to run in 30 minutes anyway, and then we would have better luck getting a better position on the boat to get the best view of both the Statue and the Skyline as we rode the boat back to Manhatten.

While we waited we were treated to some nice singing by some girl who also posts things on youtube. Then we were on the boat in the spot we wanted as we made our way back to Manhatten. The views were spectacular. And did I mention it is free?

After we got back to Manhatten we took the subway uptown to get some lunch from a lovely little place called Crif Dogs that Jen found on the internet. They offered really unique hot dogs at a very unique setting at a very reasonable price. Along the way, Caden started following some other woman who he thought was his Mom. We were wondering how long it would take him to figure it out. He eventually did and we had a pretty good laugh about it.

After lunch we did some more walking. We stopped at another bookshop called Strand which is famous for being large and cheap. Then we decided to head back to the hotel to refresh a bit before our evening activities.

On the way we stopped at a games store that Dylan had been begging us to go to called "Complete Strategist". He didn't end up getting anything but he wants to go back. We shall see.

Then we were back in the hotel to relax. We had picked up some sandwich making stuff from a target nearby so we just ate some buns and potatoe salad and then got refuelled for the evening.

Next, we got dressed up because it was "Lindsay Stirling at Radio City Music Hall" night. We made the walk to Radio City, took our pictures of the Marquee, and stepped inside that iconic building for the first time. It was amazing. It had a real "old school, golden years" charm to it. It was the way going to the show should be. Beautiful.

The opening act was Walk Off The Earth who is a Canadian band that is known for using all kinds of different instruments. They were amazing. I thought they did an excellent job. They sounded great. The show was fast paced. Lots of fun stuff going on. But the best was when their kids came on for a couple of songs to perform with the band. The lead singer was some 7 year old boy with really long hair and he loved to rock out. It was AWESOME!!! They sure did Canada Proud.

Then it was Lindsay Stirlings time. And she was amazing as well. I would say her show is a bit more "girly" but there was so much stuff. She slowed things down and sped them up. She had 2 guys in here band that could really rock out. She had 5 other dancers that did a lot. It was an awesome show. But the cherry on top was when Gloria Gaynor came out and sang "I Will Survive" with Lindsay and the girls singer from Walk Off The Earth. I thought I was videoing the whole time but it wasn't until it was almost completely done when I realized it didn't turn on. But we all agreed it was so surreal to hear Gloria sing her iconic song live at Radio City. The concert could not have ended in a better way.

Afterwards we were buzzing. So we went outside, took some more photos and then walked down through Times Square again to go home.

I am confident in saying it won't be a night we will forget for a long long time. I am not sure where we go from here... we will just see what the day has in store for us tomorrow.

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