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On September 2 we drove out of Brooklyn via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and had a relaxing drive through New Jersey into Upper New York State. We stopped near New Paltz to play a round of golf at the scenic Apple Greens Golf Club and arrived in the late afternoon back in Troy where we checked in at the Olde Judge Mansion for another two nights. After baking in the hot sun for three days we were definitely in need of a good rest.

The next day we played some tennis ourselves at one of the many courts in Troy's Prospect Park. Unfortunately the quality was not quite in the same league as that at the US Open, but at least we got some exercise. In the afternoon we drove across the Hudson River to Albany to meet our friends Keith and Mary for lunch. We found a nice little restaurant called Justin's on Lark Street, a popular entertainment area with numerous restaurants and bars.

Then my husband went off shopping while I started my photo tour around Albany, starting with the French chateau-like SUNY building on State Street. I walked uphill towards Albany's downtown. Unfortunately, many of Albany's historic buildings were destroyed during the Urban Renewal era of the 1960s and 1970s, but some gems remain. I admired the Albany City Hall, the New York State Capitol, the neoclassical Department of Education and the Governor Alfred E. Smith State Office Building, an Art Deco masterpiece.

Then I headed over to Empire State Plaza, a huge complex of state government buildings just south of the Capitol. Conceived by Governor Nelson Rockefeller, this expansive complex of steel and marble buildings is an imposing example of modernist architecture and was built between 1965 and 1978. The most distinctive feature, the "Egg", is a performing arts venue and has become an icon of the city.

After a stroll through scenic Washington Park I reconnected with my husband and we had a nice pizza back up on Lark Avenue before we retired to our B&B in Troy.