And so it was the day we packed up a lite picnic lunch and headed off to wave a last good-bye to Lady Liberty, while taking a leisurely cruise across New York harbor on the Staten Island ferry.
It was such a beautiful day and the majestic lady didn't disappoint. Seeing the towering structure reminded me of the gentleman who designed her internal framework (Gustave Eiffel) and his famous Tower in Paris, which we will undoubtedly see very soon.
After a leisurely stroll around Battery Park City we made our way over to the Brooklyn Bridge and crossed one last time over to Brooklyn, placing another checkmark on our New York bucket-list. The walk across the iconic structure was as breathtaking as always.
It had been a fun last few days in New York. We made the time to catch-up with a few old friends, including a farewell party to our wonderful hosts Scott and Todd (thank you guys so much for you friendship and generosity), and strolled past some of our favorite landmarks.
With that our New York chapter comes to a close... more than 11 years in the making for me and more than 10 years for Teresa. And now as with any great story some characters will drift out of our lives and form the basis of fond memories, while others will join with new characters and lay the foundations for a brand new set of story threads.
Hopefully before our book is finished we will write many more chapters, and I have no doubt that some of the old characters will make delightful and sometimes unexpected reappearances... that's what makes the story so much fun.
See you all in in Paris soon.... :-)
Location:New York, New York
So now you are in Paris--at Versailles,I guess. Love ya both!!
ReplyDeleteNoble, warm feelings you write of, and very nicely stated. And I love that you planned and carried out a campaign to capture a last go round of your NYC touchstones.
ReplyDeleteBtw, for your Turkey leg (!), I've recently heard of a book by Orhan Pamuk, who won the Nobel for literature, called The Museum of Innocence, and that he actually created the museum from the book in Istanbul. Might be fun to go to the book and then read the museum or vice versa.