| So yesterday morning our American Airways flight | | | | outgoing couple in their 40s by the name of Harry |
| (booked for free with my Airmiles) left at 7:13 am to | | | | and Bibi. They showed us to our room, a nice room |
| bring us to the Big Apple, a place I had always had a | | | | on the third floor of this spacious house, with a |
| fascination with, but only had visited twice very | | | | shared bathroom.Actually the whole house has been |
| briefly in my life,and that more than 10 years ago.Just | | | | turned into a B&B and there are 8 bedrooms, the |
| flying in over NYC was an experience itself, seeing all | | | | 2nd and 3rd floor of the house each have their own |
| the skyscrapers of Manhattan, the various bridges | | | | kitchen and bedroom areas and it actually makes for |
| linking the mainland with the island, and shortly after | | | | a really comfortable stay since it feels more like |
| flying over the Rykers Island prison we landed at La | | | | having your own apartment, rather than just renting |
| Guardia Airport, a rather small airport actually, when | | | | a room.Before leaving I thoroughly researched |
| compared to Toronto.Our luggage was out in no time | | | | accommodation options in New York City, and after |
| and we grabbed a couple of week long transit | | | | looking at all the options (hotels, hostels, B&Bs), I |
| passes (a pretty good deal at US$24 for unlimited | | | | decided the B&B option would be the most |
| travel for a whole week) and we started our trip to | | | | comfortable route to go. And at US$90.00 a night it's |
| Brooklyn. One bus (through a mostly Latin area in | | | | definitely turned out to be one of the most |
| Queens) and one subway ride (through Manhattan) | | | | affordable options and a great base to start |
| later, we ended up in our lovely bed and breakfast in | | | | exploring New York City...Susanne Pacher is the |
| a gorgeous neighbourhood, just south of Prospect | | | | publisher of a website called Travel and Transitions( |
| Park in Brooklyn.Since we didn't know the area and | | | | Travel and Transitions deals with unconventional |
| the website of our B&B had provided just a tiny little | | | | travel and is chock full of advice, tips, real life travel |
| map, we had chosen the wrong subway line to get | | | | experiences, interviews with travellers and travel |
| off from and we had to walk about 1/2 hour to find | | | | experts, insights and reflections, cross-cultural issues, |
| the B&B, but it gave us a good first look at this part | | | | contests and many other features. You will also find |
| of Brooklyn.It is an area with stately homes and | | | | stories about life and the transitions that we face as |
| houses that are about a century old. Magnolia and | | | | we go through our own personal life-long |
| cherry trees are blooming everywhere and gardens | | | | journeys.Submit your own travel stories in our first |
| are meticulously kept around here. Our Brookly | | | | travel story contest( and have a chance to win an |
| neighbourhood feels very safe and we got to meet | | | | amazing adventure cruise on the Amazon River. |
| our bed and breakfast hosts: a very hospitable and | | | | |