Well no sign of any jet lag left today, we stumbled out of bed around half past seven. Another big day of walking today though, knocking off another 7 of our walking cards. We started with a relaxing walk through Bryant Park, where a big screen is set up to show movies through the summer, we walked around the corner and found the State Library. This is another beautiful building, ably protected by her big cement lions, Fortitude and Patience. Of course there was a display of the Declaration of Independence in honor of Independence Day this coming Saturday. The Declaration was first published as a broadsheet for distribution amongst the population, the other copy (as seen in National Treasure) was not created until afterwards.
After the library we headed for Grand Central Station, where we admired the ceiling and took a walk through the market place. From there we checked out the Chrysler Building, another with an ornate ceiling. The foyer was as far as we got so we kept moving up Lexington Avenue to the United Nations. Lunch was in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, named for the second UN Secretary General, my panini was really good, but Phil's mini hamburgers left somthing to be desired.
The UN builidng was good. We did not get on a tour as it was a bit pricey and a long wait. Instead we checked out the public access floors where there was a display of women in the UN on active duty, tributes to UN officers killed on duty, an awesome photographic collection of animals from Africa and the Arctic, various shops and the reflection room.
From the UN, we had a change of pace, heading for Rockerfeller Center. Our tickets got us up to the 'top of the rock' and the view was incredible. This gave a great perspective of Manhattan, the sheer number of buildings and the size of Central Park. We also took a tour of NBC, sitting in the studios of Saturday Night Live and the Jimmy Fallon Show. There are actually a number of our favourite shows produced by NBC and we never knew it!
From here we took a walk up 5th Ave. I must admit I did buy, but restrained myself to a Disney pin and tea towel from the Disney store (all though I was tempted by the US$1300 Pooh print). We also took a look in FAO schwarz where Phil found himself another smurf for the collection. By this time it was getting late and we kept being ejected from places as they were closing so he headed back down to Columbus Circle. We managed 2 for 1 here, doing some shopping and catching the subway all in one building - awesome.
A late dinner of Nachos back at home was great before falling into bed late again.
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It's no good having a blog if you don't update it. You may as well send a postcard, and have it arrive after you get home!
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