This post has taken quite a bit longer than I'd hoped, sorry!
On our third day in New York we spent the morning in Central Park just having a wander. We only walked about a third of the way into the park in the end. I didn't really realise how big it is but it's about 800 acres which is bigger than the zoo I work at (600 acres) and that feels massive!
The park was very peaceful although still quite busy. It was just a nice change of pace from the rest of our time in New York. It was really weird being surrounded by green but seeing the skyscrapers either side.
I had seen some black squirrels on my first trip to Central Park in the early evening of the first day, but I didn't see any on my second visit. I did however see a cardinal which I know are not particularly rare but I had never seen one before and it's quite a surprise to see a flash of red go by when we don't have any birds of that colour at home in the UK.
We left Central Park at about lunch time and headed back towards the hotel to the pizza place right next door. My sister said it was the best pizza she'd ever had. I probably wouldn't go that far but it was really good and not too expensive either. The restaurant is called Angelo's Pizza and is very convenient for people staying at the Salisbury Hotel next door (just in case anyone is thinking of staying there!).
The afternoon was pretty relaxed, we just had another look at Fifth Avenue and went to sit in the Apple store for a bit (free wi fi! :) ).
In the evening we went to see Matilda the musical. Times Square was sooo busy that evening. We encountered a hold up in front of a store called Oakleys where they were holding some online music awards and Andrew WK was sitting in the window playing drums with one of the Ramones. We had to hurry past to get to the theatre on time but I'll come back to this later in the post!
The musical was so good! I had been wanting to see it on the West End since it won lots of awards last year, including the Olivier award for best actor in a musical won by Bertie Carvel for playing Miss Trunchbull. He was also in the Broadway production and I could see why he won the award, Miss Trunchbull was hilarious!
I wasn't sure I would like the songs much since I hadn't heard any of them before but they were really good and very clever. I'm going to try to get to see the West End production later in the year because I'd like to see it again. It's the sort of thing you will pick new things up in each show, I think.
On day three we didn't do much. We went to Macy's in the morning on the request of my mum (neither me or my sister really like shopping!) but she didn't like it in there that much, surprisingly. We had visited a Macy's in Florida and apparently she preferred that one! It probably didn't help that the store was being renovated while we were there but it was quite a disappointing trip compared to the rest of the week.
We walked back to the hotel through Times Square and when we walked past the Oakley store Andrew WK was there drumming AGAIN with someone different this time. Apparently he was attempting a 24 hour drum session record, which he did complete later that day!
After packing during the afternoon, me and my mum returned to the Rockefeller Centre in the evening so that we could visit the observation deck in the dark. It was pretty impressive to see the whole city lit up. I did try to take some photos but they didn't come out great.
The next day we were up at 4.30 to get to the airport for our flight home. I think the time we went for was long enough for one trip, but there were plenty of things we could have done if we had more time there. We'll have to save those up for our next visit!
So that's the last post on my New York trip. It was only a couple of weeks ago that I got home but time seems to have been running away from me for the past few months! In two months I'll be off to Slovakia and I bet that time will be gone before I realise.
Bye for now!
Lucy
On our third day in New York we spent the morning in Central Park just having a wander. We only walked about a third of the way into the park in the end. I didn't really realise how big it is but it's about 800 acres which is bigger than the zoo I work at (600 acres) and that feels massive!
The park was very peaceful although still quite busy. It was just a nice change of pace from the rest of our time in New York. It was really weird being surrounded by green but seeing the skyscrapers either side.
I had seen some black squirrels on my first trip to Central Park in the early evening of the first day, but I didn't see any on my second visit. I did however see a cardinal which I know are not particularly rare but I had never seen one before and it's quite a surprise to see a flash of red go by when we don't have any birds of that colour at home in the UK.
We left Central Park at about lunch time and headed back towards the hotel to the pizza place right next door. My sister said it was the best pizza she'd ever had. I probably wouldn't go that far but it was really good and not too expensive either. The restaurant is called Angelo's Pizza and is very convenient for people staying at the Salisbury Hotel next door (just in case anyone is thinking of staying there!).
The afternoon was pretty relaxed, we just had another look at Fifth Avenue and went to sit in the Apple store for a bit (free wi fi! :) ).
In the evening we went to see Matilda the musical. Times Square was sooo busy that evening. We encountered a hold up in front of a store called Oakleys where they were holding some online music awards and Andrew WK was sitting in the window playing drums with one of the Ramones. We had to hurry past to get to the theatre on time but I'll come back to this later in the post!
The musical was so good! I had been wanting to see it on the West End since it won lots of awards last year, including the Olivier award for best actor in a musical won by Bertie Carvel for playing Miss Trunchbull. He was also in the Broadway production and I could see why he won the award, Miss Trunchbull was hilarious!
I wasn't sure I would like the songs much since I hadn't heard any of them before but they were really good and very clever. I'm going to try to get to see the West End production later in the year because I'd like to see it again. It's the sort of thing you will pick new things up in each show, I think.
On day three we didn't do much. We went to Macy's in the morning on the request of my mum (neither me or my sister really like shopping!) but she didn't like it in there that much, surprisingly. We had visited a Macy's in Florida and apparently she preferred that one! It probably didn't help that the store was being renovated while we were there but it was quite a disappointing trip compared to the rest of the week.
We walked back to the hotel through Times Square and when we walked past the Oakley store Andrew WK was there drumming AGAIN with someone different this time. Apparently he was attempting a 24 hour drum session record, which he did complete later that day!
After packing during the afternoon, me and my mum returned to the Rockefeller Centre in the evening so that we could visit the observation deck in the dark. It was pretty impressive to see the whole city lit up. I did try to take some photos but they didn't come out great.
The next day we were up at 4.30 to get to the airport for our flight home. I think the time we went for was long enough for one trip, but there were plenty of things we could have done if we had more time there. We'll have to save those up for our next visit!
So that's the last post on my New York trip. It was only a couple of weeks ago that I got home but time seems to have been running away from me for the past few months! In two months I'll be off to Slovakia and I bet that time will be gone before I realise.
Bye for now!
Lucy
