One of the readings was about the Brooklyn Bridge. I really enjoyed reading about the Brooklyn Bridge because it brought back memories. My family barely have any family vacations since my parents are usually working. However I remember that my parents would always spend a day walking the Brooklyn Bridge with my siblings, my classmates and I. We, about a total of 100 people, would all meet up at Columbus Park one day and walk towards City Hall. After we walk through City Hall, we would march up towards the Bridge and meet at Brooklyn’s DUMBO park. After that, I remember we would always celebrate the walk and have a picnic. My family would walk around the park and look at the scenery. There were many nearby restaurants. One of the few restaurants around there that I remember was the River Cafe on Water Street. The Manhattan Downtown scenery was always a view I would remember.
The first time I walked the Brooklyn Bridge was before 9/11. So the twin towers were still there. I stopped walking the bridge after 9/11 and haven’t walked it since. I don’t know how it would feel like now since I haven’t walked it since the twin towers fell, but I have passed by by car on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) so it would probably look the same. I still would like to walk the bridge again one day.