Day 3 New York

Day 3 - New York

Happy Memorial Day everyone XXX

 

 

555   Today same old, same old routine, swim and breakfast and because it is Monday we took the Path to World Trade Centre stop.  We headed to Century 21 bargain designer shop a bit like T K Maxx but this shop is massive with 6 floors.  We go for a look as we are out all day and if we see anything we will come back later and buy it, the shop is open until 9pm!  The thermometer on the wall says 76degrees F and it is 10am!

 

What a perfect top for our Big Holiday Adventure our lives are revolving around selfie’s ha ha!!!  You’ll all be glad to know that Amy didn’t buy this bright orange top so it won’t be appearing in the photos!

 

Now this is the type of mousse Colin should be buying!!!!

 

We are on Broadway in the biggest Pandora shop we have ever been in and Amy has just bought the Statue of Liberty charm for her bracelet XXX

 

 

We jump on the subway and head towards Central Park for Amy’s day, a day we do whatever she wants!

 

 

We grab lunch at a salad bar and Colin and I have a freshly made fresh fruit smoothie, delicious and Amy sticks to her water!  Let’s go to Central Park and eat, drink and be merry!

 

 

Here we are having our picnic in Central Park sitting on part of the Schist, chilled day today!!

 

 

We head further into the park and Amy spies a water fountain area, we came prepared today with swimmers so Amy is off and getting wet to keep cool as the temperature was supposed to be 86 degrees F which is 30 degrees C!

 

Getting soaked!

 

Amy is having a blast but it is really busy at the water area!!  That is because it is a HOT Memorial Day with temperatures forecast for 89degrees F which is 31-32 degrees C.  This is the official day to mark the start of summer Bo)

 

Then Colin and Amy do a spot of Schist rock climbing on this big piece of rock in the middle of this play park

 

Here they are starting to climb!

 

We went for wander through the park heading towards the boating lake, one of Amy’s wishes not on her wish list but she spied the boats yesterday on the hop on hop off bus.  The green grassy areas are just sea of pink bodies!!  The guide says that we will be a 25 minute walk to the boating lake and that is about half way through the park, wow this park is massive!!!  All 843 acres of landscape with a zoo, castle, reservoir, play parks and loads of grassy areas.  It is hard to believe when you are walking through the park that you are in the middle of New York!

 

 

And then we come to a skate park, funny look at these dudes one with the American flag trousers and the dude looking like he was transported from the 70’s.  There were other men just showing off their muscles in varying degree of dance moves!!  There were other people just grooving to the music!

 

 

Yippee we have found the boating lake now just to find the Boathouse to get a boat!

 

Pretty bird making pretty songs!

 

Trying out the self-timer mode on my new toy, oh yeah it’s working too!!

 

We had a wander through the forest, it was lovely and shaded and beautiful walk but still no Boathouse!

 

Okay here we go, here is the queue for the boats!  40 minute wait so wasn't too bad.  $15 for an hour per boat, bargain!!

 

Someone hired a gondola on the boating lake but we are going the self-propelled route or should I say Colin propelled route!

 

Amy is all ready to go in her life jacket

 

Our Captain Colly Jolly just trying to get us away from the bedlam!

 

The girls on the boat

 

 

Amy decided she wanted to help row too!

 

Amy is doing a good job helping Colin rowing but under that bridge is a dead end!

 

Here I go I am chilling and enjoying the ride and also messing about with the camera again!  The view across the boating lake

 

 

Another dead end

 

Poor Amy doing all the work now Colin is just chilling!

 

Sweaty hard working girl!

 

Another bridge but this one is the way back

 

 

Amy admiring the views around us

 

Amy having a ball rowing

 

The rowers!!

 

Off the boats and another random sight you can get poetry typed on an old fashioned typewriter, random sights in Central Park

 

Fountain and boating lake behind but next it is the trolley sellers to buy water, thirsty work that rowing!

 

 

Next stop on the way out is Daddy’s wish list – Strawberry fields

 

Imagine memorial to John Lennon.  The area of the park was designated memorial to John Lennon as he was shot outside his apartment which is a few minute walk away

 

 

 

And here we are a few minute walk and John Lennon’s apartment where Yuko Ono still lives

 

The entrance where John Lennon was shot in 1980, the doormen are looking pretty chilled out!

We headed back on the subway to World Trade Centre to go back to Century 21 to get a few bits that we had seen in the morning.  We went into the department store at 7pm and it felt like we were only in there for half an hour but the announcement came over the tannoy that the store was closing and that only meant one thing, it was 9pm!!!  Where had the last two hours gone but Amy got some new Timberland sandals, new dress, Colin got new swim shorts, pair of flip flops and I got a pair of flip flops so we were all happy but very tired bunnies!!  We headed to McDonald’s for a quick bite to eat and then headed home on the PATH.  Night night New York tomorrow is Orlando, if we weren’t sooooo tired after jam-packed adventurous days we would be able to be excited about our next adventure but it’s good night from all of us XxX