Markus' final hours

Sunday morning Markus had a “lie-in” and only got up at 0715, skipped his morning run through Central Park and has early breakfast instead, checked out for his room and ventured of for his last day in New York. As routines should not be changed, his first destination was anyhow Central Park. On his way he stopped by Apple’s Flagship store on 5th Avenue which is open 24/7 on 365 days a year (!!!!) to pick up a small gadget for a friend and continued his stroll through the huge park. He had a look at the façade of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and took a closer look at the Upper East Side which he concluded with a coffee at Dean & Deluca. Afterwards his way led him around the Jacky Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in the middle of the park from where one has a fantastic view on midtown Manhattan and he dipped a few blocks into the Upper West Side around lunchtime.

The view on Bedford Av from Markus table in Fabienne's Cafe

Once midday went by Markus took the Subway for his final destination of his stay in the Big Apple – the hip and neighbourhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Markus’ journey ended right in the heart of Bedford Avenue and the area immediately cought his full attention. It reminded him very much of Camden Town in London, just with a bit less tourists. He had excellent lunch at Fabienne’s cafe , a very cool and nice café/restaurant on Bedford Av/North 5th, strolled through the neighbourhood which is characterised by some old residential blocks with several new developments in between. The crowd there can be best described as young & hip and can not be compared at all to the tourist laden crowds in Manhattan. The time in Williamsburg went by extremely fast and so soon he had to head back to his hotel to pick up his luggage and go to JFK airport again in order to catch the flight back home.

Jakob, Kerstin & Markus