Day off & update

I didn't sign up to the Spring soccer league, mainly as we will be away in Hawaii for the 2nd half of the season and also as I have a couple of races the days after the games and I don't want to be aching from the night before. Of course, I stepped in to help out the team a couple of Fridays ago and this is what happened.

It was actually just superficial and the main damage was somehow my rib muscle which I didn't notice at the time but two weeks later am just getting rid of the pain.

Due to Heather's schedule and the fact I've worked around 16 out of the last 18 whole weekends we have taken to going out into the city on whatever my random day off has been during the week.

The Spring weather has been pretty nice. Perfect for walking about, sunny and not too hot before it turns nasty in Summer. This was the globe in front of the Trump Tower near Columbus Circle.

We toured around the Upper West side area and on the way back past The Lincoln Centre area it was a mix of tourists taking pictures and locals dressed up for a night at the opera.

Then on our way home we stopped off at Rockefeller Plaza where there was another installation worthy of a few snaps.

All the while carrying bags of groceries from Wholefoods and starving and achy feet from walking all day. New York baby!

Saturday walk and eat

Happy Birthday to me!
One of Heather's cousins is in New York for work and it was also her birthday during this time so we got a combined Fudgie the Whale ice cream cake, yum yum!

Plus we got to take her and her husband on a couple of guided tours during their stay. We went back to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and then had a long walk around Brooklyn.

 

Lunch was the amazing burgers at Shake Shack and then we had a late afternoon snack in the Brooklyn Farmacy, an old school ice cream parlour & soda fountain.

I'd read about this Italian bakery that sells something called Lard Bread so our last stop was to try that out. It was fantastic although it's just as well we don't live next door as I'd find it hard to resist. It is a loaf of bread with salami and cheese baked in.

Turned out we walked nearly 10 Miles from around 9am to 5pm. If you visit New York, be prepared to walk! At least it burned off a lot of the above calories that were ingested during the day.
Plus I'd definitely recommend visiting in September. The humidity has finally disappeared and there's not the need for a shower every time you step out the door.