Big Apple

In the middle of May we packed our bags and took a big jump over the pond to New York. When we got to the apartment where we were going to stay we discovered that the whole street was closed off for an international food market over the weekend, win! The atmosphere was through the roof.

We enjoyed 10 days of walking around Manhattan, seeing most touristy places, enjoyed the view from Rockefeller centre, walked over Brooklyn bridge in dusk and watching the skyscrapers come to life in the night sky, cycling in Central Park, enjoying the vibrant city.

We went to McSorley's Old Ale House, a proper spit and sawdust pub, where we could choose between dark or light ale. At the table next to us sat uniformed US marines enjoying Fleet week.

One of my favourites was walking on the High line. The high line was a raised railroad track for freight trains used between 1930's and 1980 and now transformed into a park. The high line park opened the first part to the public in 2009 and now about a mile of the old tracks are open.

The last 4 days we also went to a swing dance event, Frankie100, to celebrate one of the pioneers of lindyhop. Some of the remaining golden oldies from the era joined the younger stars and put on an amazing show at the Apollo theatre in Harlem and we got to dance at the Alhambra ballroom. It was a weekend of dance and joy and we were part of something really amazing and special. 2500 dancers can't be wrong, lindyhop is amazing!