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New York City / Part Two

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Day four started with taking a free ferry to Staten Island which gave me an opportunity to see Statue of Liberty again, most of tourists went on the ferry back to Manhattan straight away but I decided to have a walk on Staten Island, it was quite shocking just how empty the streets were over here, it felt like a sleepy town compared to a super busy Manhattan which was just around the corner, in fact I could clearly see its skyline from where I was walking. After an hour I also hopped back on the ferry. I carried on walking up the Broadway but the weather turned bad which gave me an opportunity to take refuge in the Peter Dillon's Irish pub where I had two (American) pints of Youngling beer and listened to some Irish American folk music. Once it stopped raining I went past the Rockefeller building again and took few pictures of the famous Atlas statue, then I went to the corner of Central Park where "Home Alone's" pigeon lady scene w...
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New York City / Part One

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New York City was my last stop before flying back to Europe. I've arrived at the Moore Hostel in Brooklyn quite early and since I couldn't check in until 3 PM I've left my backpack in storage and went to explore the city. My first stop was the Strand Bookshop in Manhattan, they had many trolleys loaded with discounted books located outside and I picked up two of them for 4$. After that I went along the Broadway towards the Statue of Liberty, it was one of those things that had to be done sooner than later. I've arrived at the pier around 2 PM and bought a 25$ ferry ticket to see both Statue and Ellis Island, the queue was enormous and the day very hot, luckily I've topped up my bottle with delicious NY tap water! After an hour wait, I finally got onto the ferry which took us right to the Statue, I've decided to only take few pictures here and carry on as the wait to board next one was just as long, ferries would st...
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Philadelphia

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My third stop was in Philadelphia. I've stayed here at the Apple Hostel located close to Delaware river in quite central location. First place I visited was the Philadelphia Museum of Art featuring the famous Rocky Steps and two of his statues! Tourists were running up the stairs and raising their hands on the top as Sylvester Stallone has done in the movie, there was a sizable queue to take a picture with both Rocky statues as well. From here I went to see the top site on my list of things to visit in Philadelphia: Eastern State Penitentiary, Americas first prison which promoted solitary confinement and emphasized reform rather than punishment. It got closed in 1970s and was kept in the state of explorable ruin ever since it became a museum, it really scratched that urban exploration itch I had for a while. I'd say it was 23$ well spent! The following day I went to see t...
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