Central Park

We knew today was going to be a tough walking day so we braced ourselves and were pleasantly surprised when we arrived home in fairly good shape. We caught a subway to half way up the west side of Central Park and walked through what I always believed to be a relatively dangerous part of New York (TV shows do have an influence on attitudes).

Central Park is something special in a concrete city, especially on a Sunday. It is nothing like we see on TV, except for one or two parts that tourists are advised to stay away from after dusk. We watched kids on a carousel, softball games, families enjoying a picnic, hundreds of bikers and joggers, horse-drawn carriages and countless dogs.

We showed our age (along with other Baby Boomers), when we made a pilgrimage to the Dakota Building where John Lennon was killed. The second picture is a front view of the apartment.

Besides the glitter and glitz of Park Avenue and 5th Avenue, we spent a lot of time on Madison Avenue before moving on to Broadway and the Theatre District. New York has always been called a city of cultural diversity and we saw that and more today. We have yet to convince ourselves to go to a Broadway show, even though I guess we can say we saw a show yesterday when we went to see the Yankees. That was a show in itself!

The skyline of New York is impressive and hard to believe, but ground level 5th Avenue is somewhere beyond that. We went to the top of the Rockefeller Centre and had an excellent view of the city limits and more. Fred was far more adventurous than I was on this excursion, but that was okay with me.

We walked from Central Park North all the way back to our hotel and were ready for a break. We stopped at a well-known Irish pub for a 'wee one' and wings.

Again, I have to say that it was a great day with lots of walking, great weather, friendly people and super sightseeing.