Strolling through Central Park

For our last day in the Big Apple we took the bus as usual - beginning to recognise the driver and the sights on the way in, then headed for Central Park - amazingly big and right in the centre of Manhattan - though not quite big enough to get lost in. There were lots of joggers, dog walkers and kids playing Baseball, people strolling - just like us - a great atmosphere.

At first the weather was good but then it turned to a little drizzle, so our stroll became more of a dash as we headed for the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the upper east side.

Here we went straight to the cafe, to give us the energy we needed to wander around this enormous and beautiful building - we were ready for this.

What struck me was the enormous number of artifacts from all around the world that had been loaned or donated by wealthy individuals or philanthropists, it made me wonder for example how much Egyptian treasures there were around in various museums as we had seen so much both in Egypt and in other countries, there must be so much and no doubt even more not on display. Also unlike in England there were few barriers - so you could get up close to the items on exhibit, though - no touching of course.

After seeing a good chunk of what was on view we decided we could not take in any more - I think that's how museums get you - you get to saturation point, we headed out - hoping for sun, but as we set off there was a downpour and everybody got soaked - but it was warm.

We finished off our visit to Manhattan by having a coffee, drying off and looking out the window - people watching - always an interesting pass time.

Then back on the bus where Joan fed and watered us in preparation of the next stage ..... on our own driving through New York State - should be good - looking forward to some new and exciting places.