We woke early and decided to head downtown to the village. Since we had an actual destination in mind we thought we should try to master the subway system on this day. Yeah, well, when we reached the street we were once again totally lost. It%26#39;s a very strange feeling to have no idea where north, south, east, or west is. On top of it all, we discovered that instead of going downtown we had gotten on a train going uptown! Ok, go with the flow here and we%26#39;ll go check out Central Park instead. We proceeded to walk past Martin Luther King High School 3 times in a feeble attempt to figure out which way was east and west. There seemed to be an open expanse in the distance so we walked toward that and actually found the park! It was really cool to see models and photographers doing a shoot in the park. We sat by the lake eating dove ice cream bars and watched the action for a bit. Then we watched a painting class for a few minutes then managed to find the Alice in Wonderland statue. While taking pictures of the statue, we had our first celebrity sighting. Barry Williams (aka Greg Brady from the Brady Bunch) strolled over to the statue with a darling little boy! He smiled at me and I was in heaven! Eat your heart out Marcia!
We then went into the Natural History Museum which is a beautiful building. It was very crowded and it took us a while to purchase tickets. By the way, the general admission is $12.00. It was not pay what you wish. It was extra to see the special exhibits. I enjoyed the dinosaurs but by then I was so tired and hungry that I was kind of blanking out on a lot of it. My husband and I are both teachers and we did notice that the many school children that were there were very well behaved.
We ended up eating supper in Kavenaugh%26#39;s Pub in Murray Hill. The burgers and Guinness were excellent and we loved watching World Cup there. Everyone was so into it. More to follow......
Lost in Manhattan: Trip Report Day 2
Sounds like a very pleasant day 2......
Lost in Manhattan: Trip Report Day 2
I had trouble with the uptown and downtown trains, too...they said either Brooklyn or Queens, and as far as our knowledge went we knew both those places are very close together over the other side of the river but couldn%26#39;t remember which one was further north! We figured it out before we got on the train but it was very confusing.
Sounds like you had a nice time in the Park. Marcia Brady lived in our school district and we would see her at functions - she still looked pretty good.
So glad you found Alice in Wonderland. I%26#39;m assuming you also found the Conservatory Water (model boat pond) just next to it. A lovely part of the park.
From Manhattan, Queens-bound trains are headed uptown and Brooklyn-bound trains are headed downtown.
Great report! I know we discussed this before--be sure you have a compass next time! All the times I%26#39;ve been to NYC, I still get turned around when I come out of the subway, especially in an unfamiliar area. We took a compass last month when we went to Chicago and it sure helped! When we%26#39;re in NYC in October, we%26#39;ll be sure to bring it with us.
Yeah, we knew the Bronx was up and the Battery%26#39;s down, but it didn%26#39;t help :)
For others who may encounter the same confusion, the thing to remember is that Avenues run north/south, while Streets (at least, those in the numbered grid) go east/west . The numbered streets are named ';East ___th Street'; or ';West ___ th Street'; -- and the house numbers increase the further east or west you go. Thus, 106 East 17th Street is further east than 102 East 17th Street is; 225 West 78th Street would be further west than 223 West 78th Street.. Meanwhile, since New York City grew north up the island of Manhattan, all of the Avenues in the grid, as well as Broadway, have house numbers that increase from south to norh -- #10 Fifth Avenue would be north of #8, and south of #12, for example.
Love your reports. Isn%26#39;t NYC absolutely wonderful - where else can you get totally lost and still have a perfect day?
Tess, good for you for turning lemons into lemonade (or should I say Guinessade...?)
Just one puzzlement...you say the AMNH was not pay what you wish...what did you base your conclusion on? I was wondering if you based it on the listed prices on the wall. Because somewhere up there in the tiniest print possible I believe the word ';suggested'; or ';recommended'; is there and that it still is pay what you wish, although it is not highly touted.
A great report. I%26#39;m going to get myself a small compass as I too have turned in circles at certain subway stations .The admission fee puzzled me too, so I found this which might help future visitors
www.amnh.org/museum/welcome/admission.html
See what got me with the Museum of Natural History was I thought it was a suggested donation and then when we got to the counter we saw the admission prices and said to the guy ';so this is what we have to pay?'; and he said yes without saying it was a suggestion price so we paid the full price which I did not deem worth it. Then there are also people checking admission tickets.... how come they have guards if you could not pay anything?
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