D A Y - 7 9

we fly home tomorrow, so we decide to head to central park for a final walk around it's grandeur's. Finding ourselves in the petting zoo (we are granted free entry by the front staff) we come across sheep, a cow, a selection of birds and goats:

............and the giant lily pads:

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(Connie outside the Guggenheim)

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Here are some fairly fantastic Christmas decorations outside a house in Brooklyn....

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U.E.S.

D A Y - 7 6

We went for another stroll in Central Park and came across some more friendly squirrels and couldn't resist some pictures with the Alice in Wonderland characters........

D A Y - 7 0

The sun was shining and I had a day to myself, so I headed to central park to explore all afternoon. Here is what i found.........

The Jackie Onassis Lake

Alice in Wonderland......
I love this, I was a little jealous of the 2 small girls climbing on it.......

This here is apparently one of the most filmed and photographed bridges in the park or ever, I can't quite remember what it said in the article I read about it.....


this was in the Strawberry Fields, Homage to the late John Lennon.

D A Y - 5 9

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.)

D A Y - 5 (P.M)

Another tip off in my personalized guide to the city was to go and visit the polar bears in the Zoo in central park. This was my first glimpse of the phenomenonally big piece of green in the centre of the city. It was just like in the movies, and i couldn't help but walk with a skip in my step, there were joggers crossing over from side to side, horse drawn carriages trotting along the roads and a wedding ceremony taking place between some of the massive rocks which are everywhere.
After Queuing (or waiting in line) and paying my $10, it was time to check out some animals. After walking around this seemingly small zoo for 3 hours, i had seen a load of puffins and penquins and tropical birds as well as snakes, lizards and pirahnas. But by far the best part was the Polar Bears, you could see one of them swimming back and forth from under the water, i could have stood there all day. (i took a little film of this, i will try and put it up.)