Sights of the Day
- We had a sleep in and then we headed out to the Brooklyn Tabernacle church, this was one of our favourite experiences of the trip. The choir was amazing and the music was very moving, that combined with the sheer diversity of people and cultures all united together was very powerful and moving. A really special way to start the day
- We then headed to an underground market, Kirsten found her new favourite supermarket in Trader Joe’s and Nathan tried a coffee from Cafe D’avignon. (read the coffee heading to see Nathan’s thoughts)
- Next up we headed to the Brooklyn Bridge for some lunch, we enjoyed some bagels and the view of Manhattan and the bridge. New York is a very beautiful city.
- We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to the World Trade Centre and 9/11 memorial, we were interested in going into the museum but it was expensive.
- After this we split up, Nathan went for a run along the New York harbour and Kirsten went for a mini shopping expedition. Nathan enjoyed his run with the locals but Kirsten’s shopping expedition was mildly disappointing
- We then headed back to our local area for dinner at a famous Taiwanese restaurant called Win Son. This was really good- we had heard about it in our Lyft, a shared taxi service we took to get from JFK. The food was awesome, Kirsten enjoyed the Sloppy Bao whilst Nathan enjoyed the Scallion Pancakes. We also had our first proper experience tipping, we had no idea what we were doing but hopefully we were generous.
Good coffee hunt
Nathan had his first attempt of finding a good American coffee at Cafe D’avignon. Assessment: success! The Espresso Cappuccino was very good, giving even some of Newtown’s finest coffee joints a run for their money. A very pleasing start, perhaps America’s bad reputation for coffee is unjustified in 2020.
Brewer Tour 19-20 