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Today Connie and I decide to get out and see some sights, we pick the American Museum of Natural History. An excellent choice as it turns out. there was an amazing array of taxidermy animals from all over the globe, including lions and tigers and bears, oh my! I also found great interest in the minerals, crystals and rocks section, taking me back to the chemistry lessons at school with countless experiments using malachite to demonstrate some sort of molecular structure, I forgot then and still can't remember now.....

Here were some of the highlights.... (otherwise known as the few photos which did not have glare from the camera flash.....) After walking around all day soaking up the natural history of the world, hunger took over our brains and we made a b-line for the subway on the quest for falafal from the Bedford Ave takeaway, which I still think is the best I have ever consumed.

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Today on Connie and I wondered in and around Central Park.......

The Jackie Onassis lake.

Enjoying my first pretzel from a street side vendor. (see origin of pretzel in background)

We sat on a rock by this pond for some time soaking up the autumn (or fall) sun, we saw people rowing boats, ducks, and two swans.

We then walked further south to the Turtle Pond, we spot one enjoying the sunshine, floating near the surface, this was too boring for Miss Dickson. She needs action from these little creatures and takes action..........


We then exit the Park, greeted by horse driven carts, little men trying to hoax us in to having our portraits drawn and people dressed up as the statue of liberty all in a row. We found 5th Avenue.....Across the road we see the giant glass box also known as the Apple store, ad behind the best toy store in the world, F.A.O. Schwartz. This store is home to the famous giant piano from the film Big. unfortunately when we find it following play time with the millions of toys, it is packed out with adults and children alike. I plan on returning to get the obligatory photo.

Here are some giant Giraffes, and you can see the amazing ceiling of the store which changes colour.

The Purpose of exiting the apartment today was to go to MoMA, something that has been on the to do list since my arrival. Friday evenings are free admission here which meant it was filled with people, and as it is absolutely massive, there were loads... We only had energy to complete 1/3 of the content. Even so I managed to see loads including the drawings exhibition, which featured work from Bidget Riley, Sigmar Polke (a favourite) and David Hockney. I look forward to the next enstallmet next friday (Tim Burton exhibition included.)