We spent half a day on the cable car from New York to Roosevelt Island and back. There were maybe 50°F and a cold humid wind was blowing. We were both freezing to death because we didn’t come preapred at all for such low temperatures, we figured we would make it through the week in a capricious New York with just a bunch of t-shirts and hoodies.
We kept each other warm through long embraces in the cable car stations, underneath the neon light-up radiators. Little did we know what a moody place an April New York can be.
For only 2.75$/ride or much less than that (with a 32 bucks unlimited travel weekly Metrocard) you get to spend some amazing four minutes over New York City, with Queensboro Bridge on one side and the East River underneath you. Now and then, a street that seemed infinite unfolds to your right and all of a sudden everything seems small and manageable from where you are. It’s so peaceful up here, as if the city is about to surrender. As if life itself and all it’s mysteries are about to reveal themselves to you.
The secret is to ride back and forward a few times during the day, at sunset, at night – when the city comes back to life and there are lights everywhere. No matter the time of day though, from one side of the island you can always catch a glimpse at Queens District and it’s iconic red “Silvercup” billboard and on the other side you will discover the beautiful New York skyline – that is, of course, if you are lucky enough not to find yourself there on a foggy day, in which case the highest buildings disappear inside those gray, watery clouds and you won’t get to see anything.
Had the weather been better, we would have spent more time on the bench among the pink flower trees or feeding the pigeons. Instead, we went back to warm up one more time before rising breathless above the city.
Green Eyed Kisses,
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