New York Trip - Central Park

We flew to New York on the day after St. Patrick's Day - sort of funny, since many people from Ireland go over for the big parade. We arrived at Gustavo and Renata's apartment in time for dinner with Renata - G. was in Brazil, and returned the next day. They have a gorgeous apartment on the Hudson River, just behind the Lincoln Center and just a few blocks from Central Park. So, on Friday, our first day, we spent almost the whole day in the park. It was beautiful - 70 degrees and sunny and we really enjoyed it. We walked nearly the whole park. Obviously, Dana took thousands of pictures, so we will give you a sampling.

This first street scene is at the 59th street entrance. The globe is in front of one of many Trump buildings. We had coffee/coke and enjoyed the street musicians.



 Then we set off walking. Here are some beautiful scenes and statues. I took the one of Dana taking a picture after a lady stopped me and asked if I was with him. When I said I was, she said she was a professional photographer and that a picture of him would be wonderful, so I took it.

And here are my favorite statues - Hans Christian Andersen and the Ugly Duckling (and me - no comments please) and Alice in Wonderland.

We went out of the park and had lunch, then walked some more. We saw the John Lennon memorial, which is right across from the Dakota where he was shot. and We walked all the way around the Jackie Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, with beautiful views of the skyline, including the one at the beginning of this post and the one behind us in the shot below.

We walked out of the Park and into Times Square, stopping to rest at the Rockefeller Center. Since this was March 19, we saw many signs of Irish celebration, including these 2. Then we bought Metro passes and went home - a wonderful day!