Traditionally, we go on a (private) excursion with our Brooklyn friend Dom, a professional tourguide and true Brooklynite, when we visit in NYC. Since we have already seen quite a bit in the Borough of Brooklyn, we decided to explore Long Island's Nassau County a little further this time.
So, we took the train (LIRR) in the morning at Penn Station to Mineola, a town east of Queens, on the island, where our friend picked us up with his car. On we drove, feeling like suddenly being transfered to "another world": idyllic, quiet, very "elite". First stop: the Planting Fields Arboretum (left & below), a huge State Historic Park with some historic buildings and green houses.
Bayville is located on the beach, almost "Caribbean", though the beach is mostly "off limits" for regular visitors. Views towards Connecticut, and, many shells! We circled Centre Island, with humongous mansions, surrounded by large parks, on the water. Prominent people like Billie Joel or Rupert Murdoch live on this exclusive peninsula.
Oyster Bay - a quaint historic town with a marina and ,,, a brewery, the Oyster Bay Brewing Company, which had Happy Hour! The town is known of housing Theodore Roosevelt and family.
We enjoyed the harbor and marina in Glen Cove afterwards, before we headed west again, with a dinner stop at Hildebrandt's, a classical diner/ice cream/soda shop before it took us quite some time to get back into the city. Heavy traffic, crazy, but we had a beautiful day in a different world with friends!
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