The New York City Twilight Cruise, laid out by my tour, "Take a Break", from London, was the highlight of my time in New York City. We had done a tour of Central Park, the Grand Central Terminal and Ground Zero, beautiful memories of the city and of 911, but this cruise showed a lot more of what I wanted to see.
Our cruise was 120 minutes sailing under the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge and close to the Williamsburg bridge. These three main bridges link Lower Manhattan to Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn bridge is probably the most famous bridge of New York City, and also one of its most popular landmarks. The Brooklyn Bridge was built in 1883, and was the first bridge to provide passage across the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan, back when Brooklyn was still an independent city. The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspending bridges in the US.
These bridges were amazing to see each with their own bit of history. But once we came back under the Manhattan and the Brooklyn bridges we headed over towards the Statue of Liberty. This statue has always meant a lot to me since it has been around since 1886, and was a gift from France to the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.