No sleep to Brooklyn

Brooklyn (or Bwwooklyn as its known), was our latest adventure. We were advised to make our way to this borough by walking the Brooklyn Bridge (which we did):

Amazing views back towards Manhattan (unfortunately wasn't a very clear day, so its hard to get the full 'view').

Anyways, once we got there we made our way through downtown Fulton towards 5th Ave., 7th Ave., and the Park Slope neighbourhood. I was expecting to bump into Lou Reed sitting at his favourite coffee shop...or Spike Lee filming his new epic...but to no avail. Anyways, we enjoyed checking out this area, cool shops, good coffee and an interesting bohemian / yuppie mix. We weren't sure whether to wear our Dodgers t-shirts with sleeves rolled-up to expose our tattoes or tuck-in our Polo-shirts whilst casually twiddling with a set of 'Volvo' car keys...so we decided to make do with the be-draggled, Aussie tourist look, that we have perfected.

We wandered up to Park Slope and the famous Brooklyn Library....and then up to 770 Eastern Parkway - (said in that deep voice from the Mars Bar commercial) - that's right, the worldwide headquarters of "Chabad Lubavitch". It was a sense of curiosity that led us up there, and certainly once we got there (the subway station stop right outside 770) we could sense and see the mad rush as people were running around getting ready for Shabbat etc. Literally, the streets were filled with black hats. We were invited to about 3-4 Friday night dinners, and whilst we declined (after all I had to question how kosher these Chabad types really are)...it was nice feeling to have all these strangers offering genuine hospitality to us: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/770.jpg.