On another day in New York, and a few days after it all being 100 miles an hour, we ventured for a tour of 'little St Pat's', not knowing that there was a little and a big. This was a guided tour of St Patrick's Cathedral, the seat of the Pope when he is in town, and the seat of the first Bishops of New York. It is a small and fine building located in Little Italy. I liked Little Italy - it was so very like Easton in BS5, a place of immigration, hard work, strife and growth, that now sits well and flourished with a past.
We were early for our tour so we explored off plan and without an agenda (which delighted me!) A cake shop, a Saint's feast day, and a mix of languages, foods, welcomes and people. We also walked up and down Mulberry Street, a rather fine check to some stylish New York movies.
'NOLITA', north of Little Italy was once the worst place to be in NYC, but now town houses and brownstones are $8m a pop...
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