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Oct. 10, 2008

Travels, Aug 2008, Part Two--NYC, Manhattan

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Well, there is no way I could go to NYC and not visit Manhattan.  Manhattan is one of my most favorite places in the world.  I wish I could live there, but it's too far from family, too cold for my hubby, and the hs laws are so much stricter than where we currently live! 

So I have to visit often to get my fill.  We only had one day to play here so we tried to do as much as we could.  I decided that we would try walking up Fifth Avenue.  We took the subway into Manhattan from Queens and got off at 42nd and Fifth Avenue. 

Our first stop was at the NY Public Library.  Visit a library on vacation?  Of course, when it's as cool as this one!!

Here we are outside the entrance, next to one of the Library lions (I don't know if it's Patience or Fortitude--I'm thinking the latter):


We saw a lot of really neat things inside--great paintings and murals on the walls and a really nice exhibit of NYC housing throughout the ages.  We weren't allowed to take photos though, so I don't have any to show.  But visiting this cool library is a great free activity!

Further north on Fifth Avenue, we walked past St. Patrick's cathedral:

I wish my camera did indoor shots better--this picture does not do this beautiful church justice!  Another fine free activity.

The American Girl store is at 57th St. and Fifth Ave., so of course we had to go inside there.  I just forgot to take pictures but if you can imagine about 100 shrieking 6-11 year old girls from all different races and walks of life, then you have the picture.  This could be a free activity if you are a very strong person and your girls don't care about American Girl.  Needless to say, this ended up not being a free activity for us. 

And last but not least, our final destination of the day--a must for all fans of Apple Computer, Inc:

The Cube store!!!

Here are my little Mac users, in training:

We ended our day with dinner at a quaint Italian restaurant and then treating the kids at Dylan's Candy Bar.  Umm...this was not a free activity for us either.  But it was a very yummy activity!

The next day, we decided to stay in Queens, partly because we had never really gone to any other borough, and partly because our flight to Europe was later that day and we wanted to stay close.

Here we are in Corona Park, very near the entrance of the US Open.  The structure in the background is called the Unisphere:

Ahem...no offense to Queens folks out there but Corona Park isn't as exciting as Central Park.  Of course, we didn't visit the science museum there nor the zoo, so I guess my comparison is unfair.  Anyway, an overall relaxing day and a good way to end our short trip to NYC.  Oh--Corona Park is free too unless you want to go to the aforementioned zoo and science museum.

Stay tuned for part 3!

Stay joyful!
A.H.
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Oct. 29, 2008 - Manhantan

Posted by Ben
I love Manhantan! Did you see John McEnroe in Manhantan? He has an apartment there where he homeschools his kids...okay, I don't think he homeshcools his kids but he does have an apt in Manhantan!
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Oct. 29, 2008 - We saw McEnroe at the US Open....

Posted by kaenhu
but I wonder where his Manhattan apt. is??? Serena is very impressive live.
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