New York Update 2
I have done lots and lots of sightseeing. I went to the Statue of Liberty for the second time, went to Central Park for the 5th or 6th time I think, went up the Empire State Building at last, for the first time. The view was great. The view however, would have been better if it had been of hills and trees and lakes and things instead of big lanky manky buildings. Oh well.
My friend and I did lots and lots of walking. We saw alot of downtown Manhattan which is where Wall Street is and Ground Zero and Battery Park where you get the Circle Line Ferry to Ellis Island and Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty is. There is also a bit called South Street Seaport which has old sea port buildings renovated and turned into shops and there is a big pier thing with restaurants and other food outlets.
We had a harrowing experience when we tried to find a collection of Medieval artefacts housed in a place called the Cloisters which is in Harlem. We were not at all prepared for Harlem!!! It was scary!!! It was really run down and everyone was speaking spanish and there were groups of men just hanging about staring at us. It was pretty frightening. It is the sort of place I feel that no tourist has ventured into before. There were no signs or anything to indicate where the cloisters was and none of the maps we had went up far enough. The fact that the place isn't even included in tourist maps pretty much says it all. Tourists AREN'T supposed to go there!!! Well, we didn't go there for very long. I suppose we walked about for around 20 mins before we decided to flee. We were so relieved to be in the subway and making our escape. People seem to think Belfast is a scary place. Belfast is like Bagpuss' Shop compared to Harlem.
I forgot to add that it was last monday that we went to find the Cloisters and when we got to Harlem, we read the guide book and discovered that the Cloisters isn't open on Monday although we decided to try to find it anyway.
We weren't very successful that day. After the horror of Harlem, we decided to go to an art gallery in Manhattan. We got out of the subway, walked for about 15 mins until we were nearly there and then on consultation with the guide book realised that it wasn't open on Mondays either.
I don't know what it is about Mondays and New York.
Anyway, I have lots more to tell, but that will have to wait until another time. It's raining now but still very warm. The hottest day so far was Saturday. It was 94 fahrenheit. I don't know what that is in celsius. Somewhere around 30 I think.
My friend and I did lots and lots of walking. We saw alot of downtown Manhattan which is where Wall Street is and Ground Zero and Battery Park where you get the Circle Line Ferry to Ellis Island and Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty is. There is also a bit called South Street Seaport which has old sea port buildings renovated and turned into shops and there is a big pier thing with restaurants and other food outlets.
We had a harrowing experience when we tried to find a collection of Medieval artefacts housed in a place called the Cloisters which is in Harlem. We were not at all prepared for Harlem!!! It was scary!!! It was really run down and everyone was speaking spanish and there were groups of men just hanging about staring at us. It was pretty frightening. It is the sort of place I feel that no tourist has ventured into before. There were no signs or anything to indicate where the cloisters was and none of the maps we had went up far enough. The fact that the place isn't even included in tourist maps pretty much says it all. Tourists AREN'T supposed to go there!!! Well, we didn't go there for very long. I suppose we walked about for around 20 mins before we decided to flee. We were so relieved to be in the subway and making our escape. People seem to think Belfast is a scary place. Belfast is like Bagpuss' Shop compared to Harlem.
I forgot to add that it was last monday that we went to find the Cloisters and when we got to Harlem, we read the guide book and discovered that the Cloisters isn't open on Monday although we decided to try to find it anyway.
We weren't very successful that day. After the horror of Harlem, we decided to go to an art gallery in Manhattan. We got out of the subway, walked for about 15 mins until we were nearly there and then on consultation with the guide book realised that it wasn't open on Mondays either.
I don't know what it is about Mondays and New York.
Anyway, I have lots more to tell, but that will have to wait until another time. It's raining now but still very warm. The hottest day so far was Saturday. It was 94 fahrenheit. I don't know what that is in celsius. Somewhere around 30 I think.
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