Today was Natural History Museum day.
We woke up to the news of Margaret Thatcher dying, or rather we woke up to the multitude of jokes about her dying.
We got a subway direct to the museum, which saved my feet a little bit. Got ti jets for the museum and planetarium and started to explore. Our planetarium time was 12: 30.
I had never done a planetarium before, it was pretty awesome. While I like Whoopi, I’m sure they could have found a voice with more gravitas, when talking about the beginnings of the universe and our galaxy.
After the museum, we went to ShakeShack, the food was good, but I’m not sure it was amazing, like everyone says it is.
After, we went through the park – Paula left us to meet someone, then the rest of us went to FAO Schwarz via the Apple Store.
FAO Schwarz seemed to be lacking in interactive stuff. I expected it to be more of a playground for kids and kids at heart, but it was more just a straight up toy shop. Still cool though.
After Schwarz, everyone else went shopping, I opted to go back to the hotel – my feet, by this point, were killing me. Blister. Generally sore muscles. Not a god combination for walking the streets of New York.
After a while of being alone at the hotel, everyone else came back. They had decided to go to Bubba Shrimp for food, then Top of the Rock after.
Bubba Shrimp was pretty cool. Obviously tourist orientated, but that’s what we are, so who cares? After that, we went to Toys R Us, where the Jurassic Park area had no JP toys in it. Makes sense.
We went to the Disney store after, where, after 5 mins, Ryan asked “is this the Disney store?”
What gave it away?
Then. Top of the Rock.
Entry was free with the pass, I had Leads just assumed that the famous picture of the guys on the girder was from the Empire State or Chrysler or something, but turns out it was from the rock.
The views at the top were awesome, definitely glad we opted to do it at night, too. Being able to see the Empire State at night, lit up etc.
Central Park looked weird but cool from the top. You could see all the pathways lit up within the relative darkness.
We have had our photo a lot in this trip, the pictures from Top of the Rock are the only ones we have bought.
Leaving the plaza, we headed back to the hotel.
My feet going back to killing me. Sweet.