Monday May 19th

Little road trip for Kyle and Neil down to NYC for a couple of days. Could not have picked a more lovely time of the year - Beautiful weather and not the massive crowds of true Summer. We drove down to one of the northernmost stops on the MTA and took the train into Grand Central then off to meet our pals Amanda and Rick, who are leaving New York ( never easy ) 

Their apartment is just a block and a half from the almost perfect Brooklyn Heights Promenade. There is no car traffic at the end of their street, so it is just wonderful. This is the view.

This is looking the other way, that tiny stick in the middle , the tiny dot is the Statue of Liberty, with a storm coming up - it missed us.

Lions and Tigers and Bears

Then Rich took us on a nice lengthy trip all over Brooklyn for dinner and ice cream. Loved getting to see parts of Prospect Park - surprisingly rural!

Then back to their place for a second  - mainly so I could get this view at night of the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan at night.

Then off to our NYC home away from home Casa de Harry - where he and I took off to a cute little bar just around the corner to have a drink with a pal of his. A very nice start to our trip!