Elizabeth and I are in New York, on a grand adventure to see the big apple for the first time. We flew in last night from Eugene and got to our hotel at 1 am. Luckily for us it was only 10 pm on Oregon time. We did have trouble waking up early but managed to get going eventually. First stop was the American Museum of Natural History. The place was amazing and huge. I am a big diorama fan and this place had more dioramas than I have ever seen. We started in the "Hall of African Mammals" and kept going from there.
We saw the planetarium show and walked around until our feet were sore, seeing lots of dioramas and displays and bones and a huge life size model of a sperm whale and enormous dinosaur skeletons. After 4 hours we were beat so crossed the street and there was Central Park. .
We walked across the park which was nearly deserted and cold and beautiful, even in the winter. We found a small ornate Austrian restaurant for a late lunch. We were revived enough to tackle another museum but decided against the Metropolitan Museum of Art and will save it for another day. We headed to the Guggenheim, which is in a very cool Frank Lloyd Wright designed building. It was swarming with people inside. Most of the museum was taken up with a special exhibit on Kandinsky. While not much a fan of his, it was interesting to see the progression in his work. It was presented chronologically and the gallery winds up in a circle. Next we headed uptown to watch a taping of the Colbert Report TV show. We had gotten free tickets on the internet just the night before. We attempted to get a taxi but failing that, went to the subway. We took two subway trains and then walked quite a few blocks and made it to the studio just in time.
Still had to wait in line awhile and make it through security and wait some more. We got nearly the last seats, in the back row of the studio. We enjoyed the warm-up comic and the then the shows taping. You can't see us on TV but maybe you'll hear us laughing! Then it was time for a 20 block walk back to our hotel and some dinner at a Greek diner. Whew! More adventures tomorrow!
We saw the planetarium show and walked around until our feet were sore, seeing lots of dioramas and displays and bones and a huge life size model of a sperm whale and enormous dinosaur skeletons. After 4 hours we were beat so crossed the street and there was Central Park. .
We walked across the park which was nearly deserted and cold and beautiful, even in the winter. We found a small ornate Austrian restaurant for a late lunch. We were revived enough to tackle another museum but decided against the Metropolitan Museum of Art and will save it for another day. We headed to the Guggenheim, which is in a very cool Frank Lloyd Wright designed building. It was swarming with people inside. Most of the museum was taken up with a special exhibit on Kandinsky. While not much a fan of his, it was interesting to see the progression in his work. It was presented chronologically and the gallery winds up in a circle. Next we headed uptown to watch a taping of the Colbert Report TV show. We had gotten free tickets on the internet just the night before. We attempted to get a taxi but failing that, went to the subway. We took two subway trains and then walked quite a few blocks and made it to the studio just in time. 
Still had to wait in line awhile and make it through security and wait some more. We got nearly the last seats, in the back row of the studio. We enjoyed the warm-up comic and the then the shows taping. You can't see us on TV but maybe you'll hear us laughing! Then it was time for a 20 block walk back to our hotel and some dinner at a Greek diner. Whew! More adventures tomorrow!
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glade to learn of your adventures and the fun you both are having. All is well and good at home.
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