We know the drill well by now and set an easy steady pace to be ready to leave our Brooklyn apartment flat for the last time. Everything has a place to be packed with only minor details to be sorted out based on weather, travel time and duration and our moods.
We really enjoyed this stay including the apartment and location and the opportunities we've had. We. Climbed the steep stairs to the roof to check out the small rooftop garden there. We left our host a special gift of Fiddlehead Farm garlic powder and are sure it will be enjoyed.
Carrying garlic gifts while checking out the rooftop garden
We really enjoyed our stay here in Brooklyn
Our walk and subway ride were also smooth and efficient leaving time to gather provisions of the best local bagels near Penn Station. Laurie handed that well as always. I went out for coffee and a last look around enjoying both. It was a bit crowded during boarding but everything went smoothly and we were soon enjoying breakfast bagels, catching up on travel tasks, and window gazing as we passed through New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Perhaps more states too but I'll have to check on that later. I caught up on blog posts while Laurie did the same with AirBnB reviews. We also worked out our travel options for our next and last AirBnB on this trip. We enjoyed being armchair train travelers again all the while.
Waiting for our gate announcement with lots of others
Maybe a restored landfill next to a wetland marsh?
A major league stadium in Philadelphia?
Our train arrived mid afternoon and the station wasn't busy on a Saturday. We scoped out the station to learn about baggage storage, meals and other details for our next ride in a few days. We headed deeper into the station to ride the metro. It took a little time to figure out the new system and when we got some help we weren't sure there hadn't been a hustle involved so we checked with Metro staff to confirm that all was well. A short ride later we went up an elevator with our bags, then an escalator, and then a really long and high escalator. We could feel the wind before we reached the surface to see that the weather had cooled off. We started out on our 0.8 mile walk in the wrong direction which allowed us to round up the final distance to an even mile.
As we reached the neighborhood we encountered "Porch Fest" with an Irish folk band playing outside one house, a singer-songwriter across the street and another singer farther down the block while a large audience enjoyed it all on the sidewalk. We stopped to listen too before heading down to our apartment which was close enough to hear the music. We hurried to get back after unpacking and found there were similar activities all around the local DC neighborhood we are staying in. The sidewalks were teaming with strollers like us and there were many dining options. We chose "Johnny Pistola" and enjoyed happy hour for drinks and dinner including a chocolate tamale dessert that made Laurie smile even more.
Porch Fest
An appreciative audience
Our new lodging around the corner
Some colorful nightlife in Adams Morgan area of DC
We headed home very happy with our brief DC introduction and did research while relaxing the rest of the evening. The bike rental options look good with pending rain to factor in. The list of museums we want to see along with foods that must be sampled will be a challenge too. We went to sleep comfortably but had restless dreams perhaps from all the food and stimulus. DC looks very interesting!
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