New York Fun Tours

Loved the tour! We went on «The Best of Brooklyn Half-​Day Food & Culture Tour». Our tour guide Laurie was so much fun and it felt like we were hanging with a friend. Our driver was equally as nice and I’m sorry but I forget his name. We met on Cornelia Street and we were the last to arrive. Traffic! There were 8 people in our Mercedes van, and with only room for one more. Intimate and we loved talking with the others in our group. We started off by seeing a bit of downtown Manhattan and then headed over to Brooklyn. It was so interesting to see the diversity of the neighborhoods. Stopped at a polish restaurant called
Krolewskie Jadlo. This was one of my favorite stops. We sat down at the table and they served us the most amazing food! The stop at Table 87, popular for it’s coal oven pizza, was my least favorite. The pizza was tasty but lacked cheese. My other favorite stop was at International Restaurant. Laurie ran in and got us Cuban sandwiches. We then walked up to Sunset Park, and viewed the Manhattan skyline. I can’t explain it but it was so much fun to eat a great sandwich in the park, while standing, and just chatting and eating. Amazing sandwich!!! We then went on to eat some treats for dessert and ended up at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Beautiful site! My only complaint would be that we had more time to take photos at the park. Overall, wonderful day and I will never forget it! My friend from Australia was with me and it was his first time in the United States. He loved Brooklyn and the tour. His wish is now to live in New York! Thanks to Laurie and the gang. Awesome time!!! We’ll be back!

We came across a Taste of Brooklyn tour using Goldstar and thought it would be fun to see some of the Brooklyn sights we may have missed last time. For not too much scrill, we hoped on board a very bumpy bus driven by a man who barely spoke English.
Okay so in NYC you’re likely to be in a situation like this so we shrugged it off. Then enters a family from Switzerland with unruly kids. Kids? I thought this was an adult-​only tour! Add in a talkative Jew guide (wait, aren’t we all?!) and this was sure to be an interesting trip across the East River.
We stopped at a few places in Manhattan’s Lower East Side before transversing over the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn only for the view and because the Brooklyn Bridge is currently being retrofitted. Anyway, we loved the food but not the commentary from our guide which included some personal stories and political beliefs. If I wanted to hear that I would’ve gone to any of a number of community centers!
Like I mentioned before, the bus ride was bumpy and downright uncomfortable however the food was the star of the day. Some notables included an authentic Polish meal and a Cuban sandwich (my personal favorite!!)
So with everything said, I am going to be more choosy of what tours to hop on while in NYC. I did see one to Niagra Falls, yeah I wouldn’t mind getting a little wet! *wink*