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My New Favorite Memorial

My main activity while traveling, at least when I'm traveling alone, is walking, in most cases with no particular destination in mind. This was the case the other day when I had some time to kill in New York City. The weather was blustery but I wasn't to be deterred. I took the subway into Manhattan and headed south. (I've pretty much explored midtown and the Central Park area in previous visits.)

I walked and walked, seeing things that I had heard so much about: NYU, "SoHo", "Artists' Lofts", etc. I was shooting* to get to the shore of the island to see what I could see. My feet took me to Hudson River Park(?) where I got a view of the Statue of Liberty* and New Jersey*. When it was time to start heading back, I stumbled upon what is now my favorite memorial ever: the Irish Hunger Memorial. It is like a little bit of the country right in downtown New York, with some of the greatest stone walls ever. The serendipitous find reaffirmed in my believe in semi-unguided travel.

Saturday November 1 2008

File under: travel

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on Sat 01st Nov, 2008 09:12 pm PDT Deneva said:
Oh Wren... I agree! It is beautiful!!!
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on Sun 02nd Nov, 2008 10:19 pm PST Joe said:
yea that's cool. Flip would appreciate that wouldn't he.
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on Mon 03rd Nov, 2008 04:03 pm PST dave said:
they could probably sell the ground that memorial is on and feed the african continent for ten years.
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