Day two started off by heading uptown - we saw the Guggenheim in the morning and the Natural History Museum in the Afternoon. Museums consume your day here, they are massive! At nite we went to a contemporary dance show by Alvin Ailey Danco Co.- the girls loved it - it was ok! Best part was the Black Gospel inspired number at the end - apparently his most famous piece from the 60's.
John Lennon popped up again today - we went to Strawberry Fields in Central Park and also saw where he was shot outside his hotel - very sad!
For me the highlight was of course the Guggenheim, FLW's spiralling ramp had me in a spin! Cool exhibit on at the moment too linking conflict of early 20th century with classicism.
Natural History Museum was enlightening but way too big and convuluted - so hard to find your way around. I feel i could go a couple of rounds of trivia with Stephen Fry after it too! Still very cool - in particualr the entry hall, The Teddy Roosevelt Room - very interesting!
We also got the chance to wander a bit thru Central Park - very beautiful, but scary at the same time. Its amazing that you can feel so alone and isolated in such a massive city.
All in all, another hectic day in the big apple!
ps - the coffee is terrible here - eeewwwwwwww!
Mat re the coffee see "I told you so!" & btw don't even think about asking for iced coffee. Sounds like some amazing stuff.
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