Brooklyn Bridge; Feeling....not so good! (Thursday the 15th of August)

(pictures at the bottom)

Woke up hoping that my body had recovered the poor walking shoes and the 20 km .... but NO - that was not the case! My one leg still hurt, and I was feeling... not so well.

During the morning I started to feel less good - just like having the flu! My theory is that I had used so much energy the day before - so my immune system was completely non-existent. I took some headache pills - and some voltaren on my leg, and decided that I could not stay at home! We are in NY - so sick is not an option! Soeren was very kind and said that we of course just did everything in my pace - but I am still not sure he actually understood how crappy I felt:-) 

Brooklyn Bridge Park: 9:30 we arrived with the Metro on York St. - planning to go for a walk in Brooklyn Bridge park. We were overwhelmed by the great view over to Manhattan with the massive buildings - at the same time overwhelmed by sickness... In this park there was also a playground (like everywhere else in NY) - so we rested here for some time. I actually lay down on one of the benches - changing from sun to no sun (it was too hot in the sun - and to cold in the shadow), and then I had a rest while Kaya slept and Soeren played with Alberte.

Jane's Carousel: After a while we walked on to next stop which was Jane's Carousel - a really great carousel just down to the water with the view of Manhattan in the background. Alberte loved the ride,- and the price is $2 (http://janescarousel.com/)! We went on to eat something (I didn't!) - and by walking on in this Brooklyn park we realized that the place is huge with all kinds of cafe's, green areas and activities.  

See following web page for  all the happenings and events - www.brooklynbridgepark.org. The park was planned and put under development in 2002 by Michael Bloomberg (Mayor) and Governor George Pataki - and in 2010 first pier 1 opened to the public. It will be finished end of 2013.

There was a very nice wooden platform out in the water where we could sit and enjoy the view with an ice cream (Not for me!). The "Ice Cream Factory" makes really nice Ice Cream - we can recommend that! "Ice cream with the finest and purest natural ingredients" - (www.brooklynicecreamfactory.com).

Brooklyn Bridge: Here on after we sat down in the green grass in the shadows of some trees, and I had another rest. Then the question was: Did I feel okay to actually walk over Brooklyn Bridge? Well If I had been home - I would have been lying in bed.... but this is New York, so that was not an option!

We walked - and good thing was that the children had fallen asleep - so we could walk in peace... well not exactly peace cause there were a few other 1000 of people taking the same trip crossing the water to Manhattan - but it sure felt quiet:-)

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn over the East River

The view was fantastic, eminent, exiting, beautiful etc. - so I almost forgot that I felt bad. Watching the buildings in the back - walking over the water, it is definitely something everyone have to do when visiting NY. Kaya woke up when we were close to the other side - so then we hurried down into the shadows and relaxed for a while. I was beat, and now we just had to go home. 

Took the metro to Barclays Center - and from here we had to walk many blocks to go home from there, so I was extremely tired (next time we sure will change metro  to get closer to destination)! We all went to bed at 21PM after a very quick dinner - except Soeren, he stayed up for a while :-)

Danish Summary:

Vaagnede op og haabede at alle mine smerter var vaek, - men det var ikke tilfaeldet! Jeg foelte mig ret utilpas, og min teori er at jeg havde brugt saa meget energi at mit immun system ikke var fungerende. Jeg tog nogle hovedpine piller - og noget voltaren paa mit ben, og besluttede at jeg selvfoelgelig ikke kunne blive hjemme! Det her er jo New York! Soeren var soed ved mig, men er stadig ikke sikker paa at han helt forstod hvor daarligt jeg havde det:-)

Brooklyn Bridge Park: 9:30 ankom vi paa York St. - og havde planlagt at vi skulle gaa en tur i Brooklyn Bridge Park. Vi blev megte hurtigt overvaeldet af den vilde udsigt over til Manhattan med de utrolig store og hoeje bygninger. I parken var der ogsaa en legeplads, saa vi slappede af her i et stykke tid. Jeg laa faktisk paa en baenk i laengere tid imens Kaya sov, og Soren og Alberte legede.

Jane's Carousel: Efter et stykke tid gik vi videre hen til Jane's Karussel, som er en virkelig flot karussel der ligger lige ned til vandet med den fantastiske udsigt udover Manhattan i baggrunden. Alberte var selvfoelgelig helt tosset med karussellen! Efter en sandwich mm (ikke til mig!) gik vi stille og roligt videre i parken, og opdagede hvor stor den egentlig er - fyldt med smaa cafe'er, forskellige aktiviteter og groenne kroge. Der var ogsaa en stor trae-platform bygget ud i vandet, hvor vi kunne sidde og nyde udsigten sammen med en Is (ikke til mig!).  "Ice Cream Factory" laver virkelig god is - det kan anbefales!

Brooklyn Bridge: Herefter satte vi os i graesset i skyggen - hvor jeg igen lige fik et hvil - hvorefter spoergsmaalet var om jeg kunne klare Brooklyn Bridge den dag? Selvom jeg nok mest af alt havde brug for at ligge i sengen - saa er det her jo NY, og derfor skulle vi selvfoelgelig over broen den dag! Vi vandrede - heldigvis med 2 sovende boern - og sammen med flere 1000 andre.

Udsigten var fantastisk, eminent, spaendende og smuk osv... saa jeg glemte helt at jeg havde vaeret traet. De hoeje bygninger i baggrunden imend man vandrede over vandet var en helt speciel oplevelse - noget som alle boer goere hvis de besoeger NY. Kaya vaegnede op da der ikke var langt tilbage, saa vi skyndte os det sidste stykke - og fandt et sted i skyggen hvor vi kunne slappe af. NU var jeg traet - og vi skulle hjem!

Vi tog en metro til Barclasy Center - hvorfra vi faktisk havde et stykke hjem. Det skulle vi ikke have gjort! Jeg var helt faerdig da vi kom hjem (naeste gang skifter vi metro for at komme taet paa ende destination!) Vi gik alle i seng klokken 21.00PM efter hurtig aftensmad - undtagen Soeren som blev oppe lidt laengere.