Christmas in New York & Brooklyn Heights

New York, December 2025

After having completed 18 years as a flight attendant, I don't feel the urge to be constantly visiting places. That said, I spare my bidding points to what really matters to me. I like to spend home at Christmas so I used my points to bid a flight to New York that would guarantee me days off on December 24 and 25. A nice opportunity to see Christmas lights and decorations in one my favorite cities in the world.

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Newark Liberty

A repeated scene at Newark airport is parking side by side with Lufthansa's 747-8. On the other side I found SAS's A321LR and La Compagnie's A321neo.

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Manhattan

On the very same night I arrived I went to Manhattan (we were staying at Downtown Brooklyn) to go the Strand Bookstore that I took knowledge of while watching Netflix's "Dash & Lily" show. I found a book with the title Air747 on the aviation section which I took with me.

On my way back to the hotel I stopped at Washington Square Park:

Next day, I went to see the Rockefeller tree. A very bad idea because the place was way overcrowded and I feel super uneasy in the middle of crowds. I quickly tried to find my way back to the hotel...

The Empire State, always a favorite of mine that dominates the entire midtown.

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Brooklyn Heights
& Dumbo

The day I was flying back to Lisbon I decided to take a stroll in Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo, in the morning. These neighborhoods have got to be some of the best places to live in New York.

Brooklyn Heights...

... Dumbo...

... sculpture in Downtown Brooklyn...