Well, this is part two, since now I'm here in Ithaca, I decided to separate my recollection of New York City into two parts. Anyway, second day, I woke up so tired, but ready to see more things. Today, we planned to do a Historic Harlem Tour at 10AM.
The Harlem Tour was great, as we saw the history, as well as the misconceptions and myths about Harlem. Not all of it is ghetto, where you have to dodge bullets. There are many nice things about it. Another interesting thing we saw was the public housing projects. Our tour guide, Ed, said that unlike Chicago, New York puts time, money, and energy into maintaining the buildings, and puts in a system of higher income means higher rent, until its so high you rather just move out. I do not even know if this system really works, but whatever. When we were standing in front of these homes, there was a fire truck that pulled up. One of the firemen hit a car with his tool things because it was parked in the hydrant zone. Crazy and chaotic, but cool to see things in action.
On this trip, Sam and Katriu came along. We ended up deciding we all wanted to go to museums together. However, the order of things got mixed up, so then Katriu split from us. Sam, my mom, and I strolled through Central Park to go to the Guggenheim Museum. Sam decided that it was not for him, and wanted to go to the Natural History Museum insted. So, I went alone with my audio tour. There were works by Picasso and Bourgeous. The spiral building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright!
Anyway, I left there and then made my way into the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met). It was so big. It reminded me o the Louvre, but obviously smaller in scale. I basically tried to see as much as I could without getting too tired, but making sure I had time to do more after this museum. I saw works by Picasso, Monet, Diego Rivera. I saw Egyptian Art and tombs, and a whole mess of statues and stuff. I was in total awe of how great this museum was. I exited eventually, to find my mom watching a singing act on the street. I also got a hot dog from a stand. Yum!
Then, we walked through Central Park a different way towards the Castle they have in the middle. I ended up going to the American Natural History Museum and strolled past so many things before closing. Then, my mom and I took a subway to the Empire State Building. Here, I got my audio tour and many pictures of everything. On the top before exiting, I saw Katriu out of the many many people! We made our way down and split ways again. My mom and I went to the Rockefeller Center to take pictures and have dinner at the Rock Rink Cafe. We met the waitress, who is from Buffalo, and gave me tips about Buffalo and Niagra. We had a BBQ Special Meal, that was $32 bucks a plate, so then we ended up spending about $120+. Anyway, we left there and went back to the hotel, again, for a much needed night of sleep!
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