Photo: Iwan Baan, 2009, Courtesy of Friends of the High Line.

This weekend, I took my first bike ride up the Westside Greenway. Though it was incredible seeing so much of Manhattan’s waterfront in such a short space of time, I think the most fun part was the return journey when we cut through the city — Times Square, Midtown, Chinatown — and back over the Manhattan Bridge. New York seems like a much more pedestrian/cycle friendly city than it was when I arrived five years ago. I’m particularly looking forward to the next trip so that I can explore New York’s newest park, the High Line, pictured above.