The Brooklyn Bridge

*This picture was taken by me

Hello everyone! Sorry, I know it's been about a month since my last post. It has been a very busy January. So this post is my last post(for now) about Brookyln. So, as you can tell it is about the Brookyln Bridge. This was the last thing I did in Brooklyn because we crossed the bridge to get to Manhatten. Walking over the Brooklyn bridge is a great experience for numerous reasons.
1.)So, to get onto the bridge you need to get onto a walkway, which gets you on the bridge. This walkway is located in downtown Brooklyn. I really liked downtown Brooklyn when I was there. There was a park there for kids to hang out after school. I saw alot of kids walking home from school in Brooklyn that day, so it was nice to know they had a park to go to in the city. Now, there are signs that lead you up to the walkway for the bridge. Once I got on the walkway it was pretty straight forward from there and in no time I was on the bridge.
2.) If you have walked across a bridge then you know that you usually walk along the side of the bridge. This is not the case for the Brooklyn bridge. When you walk across the Brooklyn bridge you walk in the middle of the bridge. You are also overtop of the cars. So the walkway I was on before leads into the walkway across the bridge, just more elevated. The walkway on the bridge also has benches to sit on.
3.) The Brooklyn Bridge is very scenic. When you walk across you can see many famous New York City attractions for tourists. I saw the statue of liberty, the empire state building...that's all I can think of lol. So maybe you dont see a TON of attractions, but you do see at least 2 major ones. Also when I was walking over the bridge, the sun was almost setting and the sky looked kind of blue and orange.
4.) Then finally when you get off of the Brooklyn bridge, you are greeted by a nice and very small park in Manhatten.
The Brooklyn bridge is such a nice walking bridge, mostly because it really looks nice for the people who do walk on it. When I say nice I mean that there is not much graffiti as seen on most bridges. It seems as thought the Brooklyn bridge is more of a walking tourist attraction instead of driving over the bridge. It is a pretty long bridge, but it's not extremely long, just long enough so that really anyone can walk on it. You can walk both ways to so if you need to go back to where you came from you can. So when your in New York City I would defiantly suggest to go walk across the Brooklyn bridge if you need a good walk, and are in the area.

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! Yes, I know Im a day late haha. Yesterday was very hectic for me and I couldn't get to posting. I went to the mummers parade yesterday in Philadelphia. I walked along Broad street watching all the mummers preform in thier crazy costumes. If you dont know what the mummers parade is all about, let me tell you. It is held on new years day every year in Philadelphia. People in the parade are called mummers and they are just ordianry people dressed up in crazy costumes and usually they preform skits with songs. They go all the way up broad street from south philly to City Hall to preform in front of the judges. I use the mummers Parade as a way to complete a goal of mine. The goal is to walk from City Hall, all the way down Broad street, to the Phillies Baseball Stadium. Yesterday I got pretty far, farther than I did last year. I only had about 14 or 15 more blocks to go. So, back to the topic of New Years. This new years im making some traveling goals for myself. I want to visit another state in the U.S, and I want to visit another country. What are your traveling goals(or regular goals) for the new years?

Brookyln Heights Promenade

*This picture was taken by me

Brookyln Heights also has a Promenade.The Promenade is just this straight walkway people can walk on It is right on the edge of Brookyln over looking the East River. When you walk the Promenade you can see so many things. You see the Statue of Liberty, the Empire States Building, Manhatten, the Brooklyn Bridge, and even the houses of Brookyln Heights. When i was there, it was really cool becasue i could see a clear view of the Empire State Building from where i was walking. It was huge. There were houses with balconyes right next to The Promenade. I think it would be so cool to live in one of those houses becasue you have a great view of New York from your balconey. It must cost a fortune though. The promenade is an amazing walkway for people to walk on to see many different aspects of New York City.

Park Slope vs. Brooklyn Heights

*This picture was taken by me

Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brookyln, alsmost right across the street from Prospect park. It is a very nice and walkable area for anyone. Park Slope is a pretty well off town and is safe to walk there with kids. The houses there are beautiful. They are side-by-side houses as seen in the picture above. Whats also cool about Park Slope, is that there are many trees there planted along the sidewalk. This makes it feel like your not in or near the city, because, most cities dont have many trees like Park Slope does. Park Slope also has a couple main streets. These streets are streets that I walked on and I felt they were like main streets. They are 7th avenue and 5th avenue. They just have a bunch a shops, some local shops, and there are some chain shops. I thought it was cooln that they had alot of local shops, becasue I feel like that is what makes a town unique. Park slope is a very cool, fun, and friendly place that anyone can enjoy.

*This picture was also taken by me

Brookyln Heights has some similaritites and some differences from Park Slope. It is the same, in that there are some side-by-side houses, and trees. It has a mainstreet or two like Park Slope. It's different because as I said before, there are some side-by-side houses, but not all of them are like that. There are some stand alone houses and the houses dont all look a like, unlike Park Slope, were most of the houses are designed the same way. It is also more expensive to live in Brookyln Heights than it is to live in Park Slope. I also really liked Brookyln Heights for most of the same reasons as Park Slope. It is really a safe place and it is cool to see becasue the houses there are very fancy. Brookyln Heights is a great neighborhood and is just a great walking town.

So, which one do I like better? That is a really tough question because honestly, I cant answer it. They are both equally great to me. They both have their different qualities that make them unique and special, but they also have some of the same qualities which makes it hard to choose. But i definitaly think you should go and walk around both towns and see which ones you like the best. If you have been to one or the other, or even both, comment telling me what you thought of them. Park Slope and Brookyln Heights are both great, walkable towns.

Prospect Park

*This picture was taken by me

Hey everyone, sorry I havent posted in a while. Ive been very busy latley but I thought i would make a couple more posts before 2010 is over. Wow this year went by so quickly. Ok so anyway, about a month ago i went to Brookyln for the first time in my life. It was AMAZING! I took many pictures while I was there and the picture above is of a park called Prospect Park. Prospect Park was really cool because it was a HUGE park right in the middle of the busy burrow of Brooklyn. There is so much to do there for all kinds of people, which makes it a great place to go to. There were some paths in the woods to walk threw. There was also a big open field with trees. They even had a banshell there for concerts, probably from local bands or artists.Some other things they had were baseball fields, walking paths, a playground, and a big lake with some smaller lakes. I can tell that this would be a great place to be in the spring or summertime. Well, actually I think it would be good all year round. I went there in the fall and it was very nice with the colors of the leaves on the trees changing. My dad went there in the winter and said that there were kids sledding on the hills there. Prospect Park is a great place for anybody because it offers so many things to do.

The Little Observations

Today I was walking outside and I observed things that I had never observed before. Things that I had seen many times and have never taken huge notice to, like how big that house is, or how steep that driveway is. It was interesting how I had just observed this, even when I had seen it before. It was like it had never been there and now it just suddenly appeared. I actually observed them for the first time, rather then just noticing it thinking, "I see this everyday". If we all just take walks like mine, we all might have little observations of the things we pass everyday.

Grass

You know, i think grass is my new favorite plant....if it is a plant haha. I like it because it's everywhere. It's weird but very different from all the other plants. It' can be short and stout, or long and tall. I like the way it itches you when you lay down in it. Sometimes it is very soft, but other times it can be very rough. I guess I like grass so much because it is like me. I am very nice, but sometimes when I'm in a bad mood I am mean. I am a very unique person and I am outgoing. I like to travel...so i guess you could say im everywhere. Oh grass...how you amaze me.