Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown and Little Italy

After the museum we took a cab to the Brooklyn Bridge.  We decided I needed to experience a cab and we still had a ton of walking left to do that day, so it was great to sit for a minute and eliminate some walking. 

The bridge was packed. You are always in a crowd of people, wherever you go. 

There were vendors along the bridge selling souvenirs.  The prices were excellent compared to Times Square so I bought a few things.

The views were great, but really hard to capture, especially because it was overcast.  

There were a few people biking on the bridge.  That looked like a terrible idea to me.  It has a steep incline so it would be tough on the way up and then on the way down it would be hard not to go fast, which is a problem because there are people everywhere.  The people ridding their bikes would ring their bells, but people were very slow to move.  

We walked from the Manhattan side to the middle of the bridge and then we turned around and went back.

Great view of Manhattan. 

I love being near water.  

Next we walked over to Chinatown.  This was the only time we were alone on the street, it felt a little eerie. We must have walked on some back roads, it was the only time we were not surrounded by people while we walked.  Chinatown had a lot of souvenir shops.  It reminded me of San Francisco.  I liked going in all of the shops. I finally had to stop because I kept buying things and there are tons of shops and we were running out of daylight.  I got a lot of great souvenirs and gifts for the kids in Chinatown.

Little Italy is right next to Chinatown.  It had a lot of restaurants and not as many little shops.  We were hungry so we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. We beat the dinner rush which was nice.  I got a really good margarita pizza and they brought out complimentary scones at the end of the meal.  It felt great to sit down and relax for a while.