New York City: Day 3

Our third day in New York, we woke up very sore from walking so much and started our day slowly with a trip to Midtown for Nick to check out B&H Photo (a huge photo superstore) and I had coffee with a friend of mine that lives in New York. Afterwards, we wound down through the city toward downtown. We went through Chelsea, Meat Packing, then on to Tribeca and Soho.

In Soho, we walked around a bit and then had brunch at the trendy Balzathar restaurant. After brunch, we headed West through the NYU campus and up to the West Village. We stopped at Carrie’s brownstone (from Sex and the City) and then wound our way just around the corner to the famous Magnolia Bakery. We grabbed cupcakes and meandered over to a park across the street, enjoying our treats and taking a quick break.

After that, we grabbed a cab down to the Financial district and walked around the Freedom Towers and the Ground Zero site, Battery City Park along the water and then through the downtown area over to the Brooklyn Bridge. Right at sunset, we started our trek over the bridge (which takes way longer than you think it’s going to). When we got across to Brooklyn, we found a spot down on the water and I took in the fabulous Manhattan skyline across the water while Nick took some gorgeous photos.

That evening, we actually met some friends of ours from Oregon who were also visiting at the same time. We had dinner with them at Boqueria, probably our favorite meal of the trip and totally worth trying if you’re in NYC. It’s a Spanish restaurant that was amazing!

Our third day in New York covered a lot of ground and we were lucky with gorgeous weather which made it even better!