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sawylAfter a good night's sleep, we got up early and breakfasted in the hotel, catching up with some of the rest of the tour group from yesterday, including a couple called Jo and Sean from Suffolk. We decided to go on a tour of the lower east side, taking in some of the sights we'd seen the day before from the high line. We started at Chelsea Market, where A picked up a few presents for people back home and we checked out some of the food places.
After the market, we walked through along 14th to Union Square and then walked through Greenwich Village, pausing in Washington Square Park to put away some cold drinks and to listen to a man playing Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy on the piano. On our way through, we posed in front of the fountain:
On the way back, we stopped and picked up some takeaway lunch from Murray's Cheese Bar — an aladdin's cave of dairy products, with a deli bar so extensive, I rued the lack of a panoramic mode on my phone:
The cheese cave in the back was a particular delight, with the sign outside making mention of Berkswell, my parents' local cheese — not something I expected to find a thousand miles from home...
Walking north we stopped in Christopher Street and ate our lunch by the
After the market, we walked through along 14th to Union Square and then walked through Greenwich Village, pausing in Washington Square Park to put away some cold drinks and to listen to a man playing Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy on the piano. On our way through, we posed in front of the fountain:
On the way back, we stopped and picked up some takeaway lunch from Murray's Cheese Bar — an aladdin's cave of dairy products, with a deli bar so extensive, I rued the lack of a panoramic mode on my phone:
The cheese cave in the back was a particular delight, with the sign outside making mention of Berkswell, my parents' local cheese — not something I expected to find a thousand miles from home...
Walking north we stopped in Christopher Street and ate our lunch by the
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<span style="font-size: x-large">A</span><span style="font-variant: small-caps">fter a good</span> night's sleep, we got up early and breakfasted in the hotel, catching up with some of the rest of the tour group from yesterday, including a couple called Jo and Sean from Suffolk. We decided to go on a tour of the lower east side, taking in some of the sights we'd seen the day before from the high line. We started at Chelsea Market, where A picked up a few presents for people back home and we checked out some of the food places.
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After the market, we walked through along 14th to Union Square and then walked through Greenwich Village, pausing in Washington Square Park to put away some cold drinks and to listen to a man playing Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy on the piano. On our way through, we posed in front of the fountain:
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On the way back, we stopped and picked up some takeaway lunch from Murray's Cheese Bar — an aladdin's cave of dairy products, with a deli bar so extensive, I rued the lack of a panoramic mode on my phone:
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/uCkF96jZRLauGKVE6"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fBM8EbY0c5O_RPvPWpThOUyt5vECTUg8lXndYyL_U_OnRc2QfeDqFj-l8S0Cxe39-L2tjhwwyMHf7GpRaUa14S2GPVMjmnMKTecVPw75vAgr2ZBoNaT_bePk7dz79SUzaqrp3DDEh5r56hWllN0VNhAlnTqhY1alpd72cFovlEwTMpukTWSBKBr8myR-AyPVybRogYWbcfFm6BD0oE5jnotshz7SdqdZdG6YE3DLM9H73Z3hqqNEOpvT06LON2n7_fs6EJNsUq_fbrb4m51-ZDJqYiUc5vc1C2xurgqds4x3SfAIG8idJgTIRZeIoECxbk4Kcb1PjsM74mfddrPAg994ByeIY6voTbeoPict_f83mf6X9mOuoGIkStaSp4KZqkHJ8gK_ITDDY5MQZXUmqoh2vd-LDW3SklRm44BAoTzTTmGXG40x-STeuXW75W8eTZnMQDFSNba-cG7OrKr26hjnlj0D81gbAgCA4EBg3IKRrVz8F9XwAq8YNkFK_0ihNi9dNxYuQ_W_jikz1tB2CTqIFbCUGqYPTZTyDtAWih3Hx1AmKVBesphN0yQn4SEjAA4tG2RARzXJz_Bumn12pY6S4uRUvH8UoNAzURxlvVNi0m8Jcww3ksfRRirnatuZVH8-xe_yrlk8Rbv3MncQ_djckizjKzn8-KfCxHPQZx7CCv_dOVcO6kdz=w1567-h882-no" width=600></a></center>
The cheese cave in the back was a particular delight, with the sign outside making mention of Berkswell, my parents' local cheese — not something I expected to find a thousand miles from home...
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/UUhV2FthNfaLR3Es9"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0m8tJMuAnh2O4BmEs63GICorwI2HjiCn-UQZ3GQ7_UL1g9vudvUCBCGxnvMDJi7aAk8l5U9EZ_smllmsHxAKYJOl7UWfYQOv-s_bxtYx1Ra3sCWQtP8TAkHT9X5CKgts6BgbvDOx7-ypnuU0XZl_aBkSIKI6mdUoiOYjdXVdxisf3Qq5hMEFeFQVgxgE7Ibujk4VYdGxm4L35dID571nY-OBe0A-aYayhf7LU4GpjLbbwwzFfgrIiqAAuCncWK6_PCyinkY8vsUqPKurkpzbDJ9A428dEq8LC6rMo1jLDI8bkOGoKI6WqN744ybXNsoh76Ev15_xZCVviXFurw7vgqZrWxbeV_tZEkuLauNwtALLEwy8UFQ8qsDyR24f2RF_pG8MammvWxyX9uWBzJBV6VQDrPJtK5j193vwSeSAp1GyXU_ovnoX2iwPLLV1OMpdruq6TgAsCWM9bs8EjjTp_w4ZDxdthhdTnLl3b2mKP9kh9pLSImfFvNtSZDwt6Lnm-usnOdI_u4FEq9AAQXnX8UO8YRqIWJ0KSAMxnD-b1FTarfoieRIS6urYT0WdRPMiCpPn061ZjHillrgxpT_tKoJ-_yBI_SyVeCpsHEKeP24jNB2xL0PRLaFfBbCSZxuFNtI720WncuqFF32e53zBdiUgZy_5xyqnkMT1vynY9qUEAhFjg1nRDxQm=w716-h1272-no" width=400></a></center>
Walking north we stopped in Christopher Street and ate our lunch by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_National_Monument>Stonewall National Monument</a>:
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/K8RDbn16dDD3P2zs5"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lI0CdPl9mszmBpzBXkLixj8Lwi9mg04be9BjC7g31bQBlQqkXAR5k0f0uItRbfHeyW-Zc8QCYR2N8SVgzWoLnxmotxpxEi5ckPKV3BV_Wc9uGfbVyr5c6JPk3w-rw2forYoOiKQr3-uT6HBjs9pAfdN-VORGOGUpLD-FLgIPrCwfBjIiaC2dLJLhILhSNZVeJmS3nOi1Fj2Nv1HelGe-9ChmONkk3fm8nQuhVIkHsag3ctX6m1jSSLxhvG12DrRrYJ3OCmBqtnxeuU84RZ45IQWdll6G9_OgRxarmIjAGlYoj04eLWKxzCnwBBB45H8x7Uo6QMhmq4RcYlU0MlUyMuHFKWxNgfSmWxEBs7QNjQa12Mb5P5hjYqcJGFXR0FEK_gcfgn98GuBKgYo_Ml9t4FHqBhiphKuh3AhrVTEPERpmawOphkW4gcaij83wphcaABbyDPI_cTfJJmgpE5LNDzf8WmUx3YmzG8e5ucQJxdSDlSaqbpJtp7lWiIh3b7dYmoxNsZSq47Z-lKpk00AlI9MLXluAQkULEgTnfFKhBEV4BoJ-BghxO8hm86_dmXcPPq3EWakjo0tKUQ1rrBp5YR-b2821MYyeDXb4lT2p0bDcI6kR3oOvsZv7UxM1Fk_NHl-WFadtEYJA1FUxfdZUxjRRG9uRdQCR5dKA9megUS36PWRulGLoZX0I=w1567-h882-no" width="600"></a></center>
We walked slowly back on 7th Avenue, checking out some of the shops and, eventually, paying the obligatory visit to Macy's where I failed to buy anything but somehow managed to kick off a running joke about bow ties that seems destined to stick with me forever. From Macy's we walked up to Times Square, where J dropped into Walgreens to buy her first bottle of Advil of the trip, and then back to the hotel in time to catch the others for social hour.
Having formed a plan to go up to the Top of the Rock, we found ourselves stymied when we discovered that the earliest available tickets weren't for a couple of hours. Instead we took a walk around, passing a very bright and clean <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral_(Manhattan)">St Patrick's Cathedral</a>:
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/9hWSBrB1Eg7i6RYL7"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Qhams0Zgzzn4IJISo4R39zcYXCUS3tpJXnTKkH7WyUu9MdV_idYgn_AASFOEpoUqfRL7zmKl-BCraqLgDFIyiRnoBYPkIDNST7ohsdv7ra79fpl6ug9ifXSQDkNR1DVM2lywfhjBalNztcaTcOa9r4-b7k9pA3eIM9-IuubfUmGypyyQGminEr-zxXrfLpamRfa_skkXjn9htgVWtU0MH2Vb6inQv0iBgdPp56IoZ8jICSO-Z9FODdx8eDk-Xa9ujdjXPJgt2UeBEt2s-RytN5EjNngkJ7ZnQOhxupb4s9UYfJbJUDrez-dQV1Qxl4iOUe69NI3d8hm00pYqpL-v-uh8rW0ZqCtW4sFDxOG9tDGg90YG_zSYVnofG0TEILa1mdBIGvRzq0vK_pKuS4JCIbTLk7pvbiRuKHlvMQhB4gkOKE6xOe6AcPkSlQf0C4xXkScXfpgplnCFIUllVzb86F1eTA_UKjuWvMkUFLoGe0u4uT-LJ00eN6tm0lu9wGJt0yNKwFPErdfhKGd6cmQNcF3L43GdAIvJE4XLi-TPdvuG8tZYK71_kJoMq3_vLL2oPj-E_cKKIBlWIU86a3bCutpBMAIBzTMM95uLqbbXlhs8w8d8-kseunj5WZyO-tAbyrqunkaqz2Sj5l-X4dyCMf8-EMBmCb23kKBmLhOSI793dYoe3UWFHCfK=w716-h1272-no" width="400"></a></center>
We ate a Bill's Bar & Burger, where I had two novel experiences. I got asked for ID, despite being in my early forties — something that made my holiday — and had an impossible burger for supper. I'm not entirely sold on the concept of something that tries to emulate meat — I went off the taste of meat an early age — but the idea of a burger with a lower environmental footprint isn't a bad one.
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yj7jLBHnWJF4n7udA"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ain1REW9u9lVWYxWexSlj4NuhbIet64XBU9x1KNJEIC2AS00ipJCQwfMKBhjBlu2h6ppIffzoBIVLIy7ch7rkedwARCHHb6aH0V0eCjgcuvUTfaVgaPe6dktP4_wMOGwMGBWFXy0jFNUoJLslT8SehD9XVnFF5fyfyD5-8JO5D_aWfeuEdb1lzKUtqW9-4Il-zufR5SgYtaMvpdLV4Ww8pQcioxSMa_Yp8PNpZ5OebzM2XMZKzLeHRBX4BrR7xC_dGPdAKiH3LObYfjEb8ZtcyIqmDauR8oCL52YA2kdmV1Zxw7Is8Q_pCx_RydorcYQAexORnQkankVkEK2IklqctnqKYFFFHOQodTaqg59iQJ8LdO3Ndg4K85ljDDkbqnDmd2VH2Q-XW9N7t7YKECjmv5eJ0H9vFFutk_wHQAa90hxCzfBPCflnhasaLc9rb8EYmt4OxcdqCwPzP826FIsO_Om5Q0HM3Ysk5QsewVDjF56YCa7sYDWX-ce8NsQnevQTBY7C1k_iH9M2EvC6RR7ZRUZ7gS_vQiikkZUMrfO2sXBMYzDGRV_DBMxSbchRl3ItHfwaTtbq0qwwPnhJclvioR7cnl-vr7zmeW_iwDBfd8fC9MQQFDhyPk-xiodM_QJ158cugvUNZAaU2So3im9DkWPqtK-Vi09N7kLUDenuOg6vcibzWalZ6vd=w1567-h882-no" width=600></a></center>
After the market, we walked through along 14th to Union Square and then walked through Greenwich Village, pausing in Washington Square Park to put away some cold drinks and to listen to a man playing Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy on the piano. On our way through, we posed in front of the fountain:
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/7ezRDtTYG5a89PHJ6"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7FfmIHc4T7sJ6SCB1CKrb6bO39yrZtJBdmNrCrW5J0psdgmjgZG4yPUh-QtCLysK6iIg96WYNLlUqYRXoapjZE2wEquz64_Q9sCCdTve6sjc5p5fzEgu_xssHDN7lNbl4lm4PQvtluuedM3HLCQ6r9zBb5DdooO-ndnygSjiD4wvS2InWS-AoO3-jxRaU4KJfz05omgGr6qAKUFWJI8FuJZzacfrr2aieE03u2xgRTHYAF92xkV6toZy9g3KfIEck1gSVDG7EKeDze8wxcI9tr1VFnUeE_uJJSIu308Uro1WpQBi3Bm0T9puz-UjghW10Nfpsj8T69VOQpJQg808cCuz16pCsFYLxX1ee9ALP9ue68oKQVXGPUGeV7qnYtvLDx8o124bV83p4wtvRKmLoX1ORmKTt8bANLGwB8QLSpq_95et98mfK2baL3pjl3MoJ8W10h5wg-xXVOnGrplegBmzYoOvzyux1k4RdJdUkajU8IVmz8V9AGhap4je44E9sYDOpFB1rSmRaFsBeT6DMfNo3j9fn1WnLb2a-j5YyfUTS97qRuDmSRsBMCjVn4oxBT0XOqMumqv9GyJAzDtLa9ck5bw9QSFbjUsiogM1pMJg4ZvaujxTtUi_QvKUGCEMBHOtY8IFhhusClbbId7xvjNd-sYLT3juJAn5JfC7jGFu-Xi1uI5i4D5T=w716-h1272-no" width=400></a></center>
On the way back, we stopped and picked up some takeaway lunch from Murray's Cheese Bar — an aladdin's cave of dairy products, with a deli bar so extensive, I rued the lack of a panoramic mode on my phone:
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/uCkF96jZRLauGKVE6"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fBM8EbY0c5O_RPvPWpThOUyt5vECTUg8lXndYyL_U_OnRc2QfeDqFj-l8S0Cxe39-L2tjhwwyMHf7GpRaUa14S2GPVMjmnMKTecVPw75vAgr2ZBoNaT_bePk7dz79SUzaqrp3DDEh5r56hWllN0VNhAlnTqhY1alpd72cFovlEwTMpukTWSBKBr8myR-AyPVybRogYWbcfFm6BD0oE5jnotshz7SdqdZdG6YE3DLM9H73Z3hqqNEOpvT06LON2n7_fs6EJNsUq_fbrb4m51-ZDJqYiUc5vc1C2xurgqds4x3SfAIG8idJgTIRZeIoECxbk4Kcb1PjsM74mfddrPAg994ByeIY6voTbeoPict_f83mf6X9mOuoGIkStaSp4KZqkHJ8gK_ITDDY5MQZXUmqoh2vd-LDW3SklRm44BAoTzTTmGXG40x-STeuXW75W8eTZnMQDFSNba-cG7OrKr26hjnlj0D81gbAgCA4EBg3IKRrVz8F9XwAq8YNkFK_0ihNi9dNxYuQ_W_jikz1tB2CTqIFbCUGqYPTZTyDtAWih3Hx1AmKVBesphN0yQn4SEjAA4tG2RARzXJz_Bumn12pY6S4uRUvH8UoNAzURxlvVNi0m8Jcww3ksfRRirnatuZVH8-xe_yrlk8Rbv3MncQ_djckizjKzn8-KfCxHPQZx7CCv_dOVcO6kdz=w1567-h882-no" width=600></a></center>
The cheese cave in the back was a particular delight, with the sign outside making mention of Berkswell, my parents' local cheese — not something I expected to find a thousand miles from home...
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/UUhV2FthNfaLR3Es9"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0m8tJMuAnh2O4BmEs63GICorwI2HjiCn-UQZ3GQ7_UL1g9vudvUCBCGxnvMDJi7aAk8l5U9EZ_smllmsHxAKYJOl7UWfYQOv-s_bxtYx1Ra3sCWQtP8TAkHT9X5CKgts6BgbvDOx7-ypnuU0XZl_aBkSIKI6mdUoiOYjdXVdxisf3Qq5hMEFeFQVgxgE7Ibujk4VYdGxm4L35dID571nY-OBe0A-aYayhf7LU4GpjLbbwwzFfgrIiqAAuCncWK6_PCyinkY8vsUqPKurkpzbDJ9A428dEq8LC6rMo1jLDI8bkOGoKI6WqN744ybXNsoh76Ev15_xZCVviXFurw7vgqZrWxbeV_tZEkuLauNwtALLEwy8UFQ8qsDyR24f2RF_pG8MammvWxyX9uWBzJBV6VQDrPJtK5j193vwSeSAp1GyXU_ovnoX2iwPLLV1OMpdruq6TgAsCWM9bs8EjjTp_w4ZDxdthhdTnLl3b2mKP9kh9pLSImfFvNtSZDwt6Lnm-usnOdI_u4FEq9AAQXnX8UO8YRqIWJ0KSAMxnD-b1FTarfoieRIS6urYT0WdRPMiCpPn061ZjHillrgxpT_tKoJ-_yBI_SyVeCpsHEKeP24jNB2xL0PRLaFfBbCSZxuFNtI720WncuqFF32e53zBdiUgZy_5xyqnkMT1vynY9qUEAhFjg1nRDxQm=w716-h1272-no" width=400></a></center>
Walking north we stopped in Christopher Street and ate our lunch by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_National_Monument>Stonewall National Monument</a>:
<center><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/K8RDbn16dDD3P2zs5"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lI0CdPl9mszmBpzBXkLixj8Lwi9mg04be9BjC7g31bQBlQqkXAR5k0f0uItRbfHeyW-Zc8QCYR2N8SVgzWoLnxmotxpxEi5ckPKV3BV_Wc9uGfbVyr5c6JPk3w-rw2forYoOiKQr3-uT6HBjs9pAfdN-VORGOGUpLD-FLgIPrCwfBjIiaC2dLJLhILhSNZVeJmS3nOi1Fj2Nv1HelGe-9ChmONkk3fm8nQuhVIkHsag3ctX6m1jSSLxhvG12DrRrYJ3OCmBqtnxeuU84RZ45IQWdll6G9_OgRxarmIjAGlYoj04eLWKxzCnwBBB45H8x7Uo6QMhmq4RcYlU0MlUyMuHFKWxNgfSmWxEBs7QNjQa12Mb5P5hjYqcJGFXR0FEK_gcfgn98GuBKgYo_Ml9t4FHqBhiphKuh3AhrVTEPERpmawOphkW4gcaij83wphcaABbyDPI_cTfJJmgpE5LNDzf8WmUx3YmzG8e5ucQJxdSDlSaqbpJtp7lWiIh3b7dYmoxNsZSq47Z-lKpk00AlI9MLXluAQkULEgTnfFKhBEV4BoJ-BghxO8hm86_dmXcPPq3EWakjo0tKUQ1rrBp5YR-b2821MYyeDXb4lT2p0bDcI6kR3oOvsZv7UxM1Fk_NHl-WFadtEYJA1FUxfdZUxjRRG9uRdQCR5dKA9megUS36PWRulGLoZX0I=w1567-h882-no" width="600"></a></center>
We walked slowly back on 7th Avenue, checking out some of the shops and, eventually, paying the obligatory visit to Macy's where I failed to buy anything but somehow managed to kick off a running joke about bow ties that seems destined to stick with me forever. From Macy's we walked up to Times Square, where J dropped into Walgreens to buy her first bottle of Advil of the trip, and then back to the hotel in time to catch the others for social hour.
Having formed a plan to go up to the Top of the Rock, we found ourselves stymied when we discovered that the earliest available tickets weren't for a couple of hours. Instead we took a walk around, passing a very bright and clean <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral_(Manhattan)">St Patrick's Cathedral</a>:
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We ate a Bill's Bar & Burger, where I had two novel experiences. I got asked for ID, despite being in my early forties — something that made my holiday — and had an impossible burger for supper. I'm not entirely sold on the concept of something that tries to emulate meat — I went off the taste of meat an early age — but the idea of a burger with a lower environmental footprint isn't a bad one.
