I wonder if all people who crossed the iconic Brooklyn Bridge timed on how long it took them to do it. Did they took them only a couple of minutes because they were riding a bicycle or was too anxious and scared about the old bridge’s integrity and wooden floor planks above the roaring traffic below that they walked and crossed it too fast? Or did it took them an hour or more because they want to relish and savor the moment and took so much photos of the star structure that connects Brooklyn and Manhattan?
My crossing the bridge actually took me two days! It is so weird because I was never lost and went adrift when I was in more complicated routes around the world like the El-fna medina in Marrakesh, the Old City of Jerusalem and even going around the Uchisar settlements in Cappadocia. But identifying where the entrance and starting point of the Brooklyn Bridge promenade strangely became a frustrating challenge and struggle.
It is so exasperating because I basically went around the whole Brooklyn downtown area the whole morning from Brooklyn Heights Promenade in the south to walking the whole stretch of Furman Street in the east to reaching Dumbo area in the north and walking again the whole stretch of Jay Street in the west. Yet, still the starting point of the promenade seem to conceal itself or veiled its appearance for me not to uncover. It felt like I walked all throughout the whole Brooklyn yet the promenade entrance was no where to be found. I actually started wondering if the entrance has already transferred to faraway Queens! And by late lunch time, feeling so hungry, so tired and frustrated, I saw York Street Subway station and decided to go down it and head back to my hotel located at the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It was in other words a failed attempt. 
But on the second day of my bid, I carried with me an enough amount of fortitude and determination and left behind in my hotel tons of stupidity which I seem to have brought so much during my first and initial attempt. And to quote the great Margaret Thatcher, “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it”, I spotted with so much ease the entry point of the Brooklyn Bridge promenade on my second venture!
And since it took me more than the usual to step into and walk across the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, I spent the whole morning there doing nothing but taking photos of the bridge, the people and the nearby sites while savoring the little success and victory that I just had! And because of such an experience, Brooklyn Bridge for me is more beautiful as compared to how others would see and perceive it.
Iniiwan talaga dapat ang ka-shungahan sa bahay!
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