Day 24 6/18

This is my third and final blog for our stay here in NYC (YAY). Today we traveled to Brooklyn for a walking tour, and to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Today was another hot day, but lucky it was less humid and there was a nice breeze. Andor’s friend was the guide for our walk through the city, I really enjoyed the tour and I learned a lot from it. Although I was a little distracted by the firefighters who went down in the subway. I never knew Brooklyn was at one point separate from NYC. Walking through Brooklyn you can tell a lot about how it used to be, from the buildings. Looking at the buildings you can tell when it is from. On the buildings I noticed that there were some bars on the lower windows. Allen explained that crime used to be big in Brooklyn but luckily it has decreased. It didn’t surprise me when he said the streets were filled with peoples trash and waste but I was shocked to hear that they sent pigs to walk through the streets to eat the trash, to help clean it up. Although it was hot I really enjoyed the walk through Brooklyn. We said our goodbyes to Allen and thanked him for the tour then we took a break for lunch.

I packed a PB Sandwich so I just sat at the table while the others ate. Outside we waited for the others where we met up with Sharon. She showed us a picture of her granddaughter, she was so cute. After lunch we walked along the water to one of the salt marshes. We walked along the east river, across the “river” you could see the destruction caused by the hurricane. At this point I was hot and the heat was giving me a headache, so I was not looking forward to walking across the bridge. Luckily while walking there was a stand selling water, so I bought one. The water helped a little bit but it was still hot and I still didn’t want to cross the bridge. However I really liked the walk across the bridge, the view was really nice and there was a nice breeze as we crossed. After crossing the bridge we talked about the cars on the bridge. Toby pointed out that most of the cars had only one person, we then talked about how much energy is used. We then rode the Subway back to Barnard. It was only 3:00 so we had about 4 hours to relax before we headed out for the show.

I saw The Phantom of the Opera, this is my favorite play. The Phantom of the Opera is the longest running Broadway show. I get chills just from the overture, I had to control myself not to sing along. I love the music and the storyline (I may or may not be obsessed or to emotionally invested in this). I just love the little details, for example the chandelier is lot 666 which is a number correlated with the devil. Although he may be considered the bad guy (he is just misunderstood), the Phantom is my favorite and I always feel bad for him. My sister says I always like the Villains in all my favorite movies, shows, and books because apparently I have a villain complex. Even if that is true the Phantom is my favorite villain, (well except for Loki, and Crowley and Lucifer, and Moriarty and the Master and the Governor and Jedikiah) ok well maybe I do tend to like all the villains. That is not the point I still love the Phantom. I could write an essay about the show and why I love it but my blog is already long enough.

Although it was a hot day I really enjoyed our Brooklyn tour, the walk over the bridge and most of all the Phantom of the Opera. I am really am enjoying our stay in the city.