Another busy day. Started at the Rockefeller Centre again to
enjoy the amazing view from Top of the Rock, then on a whim joined the
Rockefeller Centre tour which turned out to be really interesting. Went over
all the history of the buildings, the artworks and the politics behind them.
Stopped by the beautiful St Patricks cathedral and then hiked down to Grand
Central for a bit of a look around.
Headed across to Little Italy for lunch and mini cannolis,
then down to Chinatown to stock up on lychees and do some shopping. Headed back
to the hotel for a relaxing swim in the pool, then trekked down to the harbour
for a twilight cruise. Got held up by President Obama’s helicopter leaving town
which was pretty cool, and the city look so beautiful by night.
Day 5
Planned to zip through the Natural History Museum in the
morning, and we eventually got through it by 2 in the afternoon. So much to see
(and dinosaurs, did I mention there were dinosaurs cos they kind of rock).
Headed over to Central Park and grabbed a couple bikes, found the Alice in
Wonderland statue and grabbed a late lunch at the Boathouse, before heading
back to Broadway to give the Book of Mormon lottery another shot. Still no luck
so went to the village and found a couple cheap bars for dinner and a drink or
2.
Day 6
Got a later start today (for some mysterious reason totally
unconnected to the night before I’m sure) and took a train to Brooklyn so we
could walk back across the bridge to enjoy the amazing view. With the rain
starting just we headed for the Guggenheim, which is a really incredible
building. Also it has inspired us to become famous artists by painting a canvas
all one colour, putting it next to another canvas painted a different colour
and giving it a pretentious back story. Seems to be working for everyone else
in there so why not J
Planned to do a little more exploring in Central Park, but
with the rain getting heavier Brittany took the far more sensible option of
returning to the hotel via subway, while I spent an hour getting increasingly
damp and lost (and loving it) wandering around the Ramble and eventually
finding my way back to the hotel all bedraggled and splattered in mud, bet I’m
impressing the fancy New York folks to no end.
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