(slight) Return to Staten Island

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(slight) Return to Staten Island
(slight) Return to Staten Island

Gave me a chance to recreate the scenes from Working Girl.

Let the river run.........

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3rd or is it the forth day in New York? Heck, I don’t know.


As we were out and about so early the last two days, we tried to relax some by laying in bed until near eight. We failed that by an hour, u then I had suffered a bad night with much sneezing, sniffling and coughing, but in the morning, it seemed to break a little, and as I got better, I realised how bad I felt the day before. After we dressed and checked life online, we set off in light drizzle to walk along Greenwich Street to the all day diner for breakfast. An everything bagel for me, and a stack of pancakes. And coffee. Lots of coffee.

From there it was a short walk to the subway station, and a ride on the red line down to South Ferry to catch the Staten Island Ferry. Several things going for the ferry, I had Carley Simon in my head singing Let the River Run all day, it has views of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.

And is free.

We just missed the half ten service, but only had to wait half an hour for the next, giving us the chance to do some people watching. Including a guy with a bandage covering the top half of his head with a bundle of wires coming out the top leading to a box hanging at his side. He looked fine to be honest, but odd to see.

It was another dull and misty day, so once we were on the ferry and we took up position by an open window on the side of the ship, we saw little. New York was soon lost in the mist, but we were able to see the old fort as the ferry crossed to Staten Island.

80% of the passengers just get back on the next ferry, as they are like us, just riding it for the views.

We decide to stay on the island to try to find a place to get coffee, ut after walking to what looked like the main street, we find nothing except a run down courthouse so we turn and head back to the terminal to catch the next ferry back.

We are on the other side for the return, so I could snap the Statue of Liberty as we steam past. But Manhattan was still shrouded in fog, so no good shots, but we could ride it again….

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Taken on: October 8, 2018
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