It was now past 1:00pm and I was feeling peckish. So I decided to have something to eat at Half Moon, a waterfront restaurant close to the railway station. Of course it’s named after Henry Hudson‘s ship. In 1609, he landed in North America on behalf of the Dutch East India Company and explored the region around the modern New York metropolitan area looking for a Northwest Passage to Asia. He sailed up the Hudson River, which was later named after him, and thereby laid the foundation for Dutch colonization of the region.

A replica of the Half Moon has been built and can often be seen sailing along the Hudson, but not today.

Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II