Day 13 - New York City, Central Park & Upper East Side - Manhattan

Breakfast in our apartment as usual and then we headed west along 46th street to the Hudson river which was about a ten minute walk. There is a museum here based around the USS Intrepid Warship plus a Naval Submarine and a few aircraft. We weren't that interested in going in but just wanted to see the the ship and submarine docked in the river.

It was was very cold down by the river with the wind chill making a considerable difference to the relative temperature. The wind was also blowing down some of the avenues that run North South along the length of Manhattan. JAcket, scarf and hat weather today.

We stopped into the H & H bagel factory which has a little store attached to it and bought a few fresh from the bakery floor bagels and then made our way up to 50th and 8th to get on the subway so we could head uptown again. We were headed for the Metropolitan Museum of Art today which is in the Upper East Side but we decided to take the subway up to the Upper West Side and walk across Central Park to the museum.

As usual it was peaceful and calming wandering around Central Park enjoying watching the the birds and squirrels nd just generally being out doors in nature.

We made our way over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art of proceeded to spend the next 7 hours inside looking at everything from Ancient Egyptian artifacts and reconstrcuted buildings, to handmade antique American furniture to artwork and paintings by such greats as Rembrant, Van Goh, and Da Vinci to medieval armour and weaponry. It's an amazing museum with a massive amount on display. We had two stops, one for a meal and another for a general break and drink. In 7 hours we still only saw a small portion of what is on offer.

We returned back downtown to our apartment for showers and a short rest and then headed back out to our little wine bar, Balkanika on 9th and had a few glasses of red wine to end a rather full day in New York.


Today's Weather
Wind: from the W (260 degrees) at 9 MPH (8 KT) gusting to 18 MPH (16 KT)
Visibility: 10 mile(s)
Sky conditions: mostly cloudy
Temperature: 48.0 F (8.9 C)
Dew Point: 39.0 F (3.9 C)
Relative Humidity: 70%
Pressure (altimeter): 30 in. Hg (1015 hPa)