Day 38: New York City

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We started the morning walking the Brooklyn Bridge. Very touristy. You've never seen so many tourists all at once, as if we're all on a major tour together.

Then we went off to Wall Street and stumbled upon some fireman action in town. In New York, hearing the sirens of a fire engine truck is as common as stumbling upon a McDonald's. Everyday you will hear it at least twice. For some strange reason, there seems to be lots of fire.

The FDNY (Fire Dept of New York) became instant celebrity heroes after the 911. You'll see many tourists (girls mostly) taking pictures with young firemen who are very obliging (with inflated egos yet acting like they're going all out just to let you have your picture taken). It's quite funny just watching them. But they're certainly not ugly.

Yellow cab on the Brooklyn Bridge (Manhattan Bridge in background).

The Brooklyn Bridge.

FDNY men are very proud of themselves.
You can totally see it when they strut the streets acting like heroes,
as if they were involved in the 911 (seriously, some of them
look like they joined after the 911!)