Day 2: Uptown tour and Downtown shopping.
So I started Tuesday (which I am calling day 2, rather than 3 as Sunday didn't really count) off with a super healthy breakfast...
ok, I had a Red Velvet Cupcake and it was incredible! Mmm!
The Uptown loop/route the tour bus took pretty much circled (rectangled?) Central Park, dipping in and out of neighbourhoods and stopping at museums and galleries. Having been unable to make any sort of decision (I'm going to blame jetlag) I didn't go into any of the museums, which is silly because it was definitely weather for visiting exhibitions; windy and little bursts of April Showers yet I decided to remain on an open top bus...I don't even know what was going on in my mind! Having said that, the weather didn't spoil it too much - this part of the tour showed off some of New York's older and amazing architecture.
Photos: Above left- The Dakota (where Yoko Ono has an apartment), above right -The Natural History Museum (which I'm going to go back to) Below left - A statue in the gardens of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (an extremely beautiful building), below right - a close up of the entrance to the cathedral.
From here the tour went through mostly residential areas, and I felt a bit intrusive taking too many photos, so that brings us to the next bit of the tour going through Harlem, passing amazing looking shops and the Apollo Theatre. We then continued on round Central Park (below right) and past the Guggenheim (below centred).
After the tour, I sat in Central Park briefly with a coffee and a snack but as the weather wasn't too peachy, I jumped back on the Downtown loop and headed back towards Greenwich village a SoHo. I had a lovely wander around Soho, coming across some really amazing shops; I'll definitely head back in that direction towards the end of my trip when I know how much spending money I have!
I then wandered around Greenwich village, which is an extremely beautiful neighbourhood. I found a surprisingly run down town house for sale; conveniently next door to Carrie Bradshaw's from Sex and the City (pictured below, left) Perhaps I should make an offer?? The road was lined with incredible houses, very quintessential wealthy/trendy New York.
I then got a huge pizza, eavesdropped on the BEST Italian New Yorkers and went home!
Over and out x
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