the annoying tourist (part four)

i am the person with sore feet from walking many kilometres each day. i am the person who was willing to line up in the cold for 15 minutes outside a fast food joint because "if there's a line, it must be good". i am the one still hijacking every free wifi outlet i can find, buying one coffee and staying for hours on your internets.

i am the annoying tourist.

we spent xmas doing very non-xmassy things this year. we walked for hours along the highline, which i had at the top of my "nyc to-do" list, and would absolutely recommend to everyone and anyone who ever comes near this city. the highline is an old disused railway above the rooftops of chelsea and the meatpacking district (two of my favourite districts of manhattan), which a couple of residents decided to turn into a beautiful park. here's the npr podcast where i first heard about the highline. i just love hearing all about how community can sometimes come together to create something for the greater good, and the highline is a perfect example of exactly that.

so, although the grasses were dry and the flowers had wilted in new york's stiff cold, the highline was still a place to see one of the most beautiful slices of new york. the birds still come to feed on apples left behind by residents, in their own special little bird oasis. and it's probably my favourite glimpses of this city so far.