Walking and cycling - Tales of the Big Apple 3

I walked and cycled most of New York (I could borrow a bike from Sejal). The weather was amazing most of the days - with sun and clear blue sky. Only exception was my 20 minutes at Liberty Island that got me completely soaked.

When walking NYC, you'll easily cover 20 km in a day. I love walking all the way down a street or an avenue. Often, they're many kms long, which means that in one street you'll pass through boheme-rich West Village, fluorscent Times Square, boardwalk-café Upper West Side and infamous Harlem. Or in another street in the Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, where everybody's dressed as in the 1850'ies, middle class white Clinton; african-american Fort Greene and the expat neighborhood Brooklyn Heights with 40 floors sky skrabers.

Another fascinating thing about New York is that you can walk in to one of the expensive galleries on West Broadway (street) in Soho (neighborhood) see a beautiful painting - obviously original - thinking the artist is just a bit too inspired by Chagall, take an extra look at the signature and realising it's not inspiration as the artist actually is Chagall. Or in another gallery see a Damien Hirst painting with a price tag showing155,000 USD.

Location:W 24th St,New York,USA