Alan gets to blog again tonight since Sarah has a sore leg. I'm not sure what that has to do with typing on a computer, but anyway if she adds any comments they'll be in red. Alan offered to do the blog and I was grateful. We have to have the computer on the window sill to get wireless internet access in this hotel and it is uncomfortable sitting this way.
Unfortunately we had another full day to spend in this place so we slept in and didn't end up leaving our room until midday. We started walking north and after 17 blocks we hit Rockefeller Plaza where we stopped to watch the ice skaters on the outdoor rink. We stopped in a little shop to buy a donut for morning tea and were finally served by the 2 girls behind the counter once they had finished their conversation with each other. We've come to expect this from New Yorkers by now.
We left and headed further north and after battling through the crowds on the 5th avenue sidewalk we finally came to FAO Schwarz, the huge toy store. There used to be a giant toy clock and train set just inside the door, but that's been replaced with all sorts of gigantic stuffed animals. On the second floor there was a crowd of people watching two staff members playing on the giant floor keyboard. Movie lovers may remember Tom Hanks playing it in the movie "Big". They were very entertaining and we were all ready to buy one until we realised that we'd need a much much much bigger suitcase in which to get it home. There was also the small issue of the quarter of a million dollars price tag.
Alan forgot that before we reached FAO Schwarz we made a visit to St Patrick's Cathedral. I feel sorry for the poor people praying with the number of tourists taking flash photography. Of course we didn't do that. Well, only a couple.
Alan also forgot that we stopped in at Trump Tower. My god that man likes his gold.
After leaving there we headed over to Central Park and entered at 64th street, which meant we had walked 32 blocks from our hotel. Not a bad Saturday walk to stretch our legs. We had a bit of a walk through the park and sat and watched the ducks and the passers-by while we decided what to do next. Being a Saturday we didn't have to deal with so many New Yorkers, mostly tourists. That is just slightly better.
We thought we'd had enough of walking for a while so we went and jumped on a tour bus since our tickets from yesterday were still good for today as well. We jumped out near Times Square and got a bite to eat including the closest thing we've had to a milkshake since being in America. I'm sure our bones have become brittle through a lack of milk over the last 5 weeks or so. We thought we should probably see at least one museum whilst in New York so we chose Madame Tussauds wax museum. It was too crowded though so we hopped back on the bus and went downtown to the Museum of Sex instead. It wasn't really as interesting as you might think, but we did buy a magnet from the gift shop.
We would have liked a trip up The Empire State Building, but the haze was bad again today so there was no point in paying $17 each to see nothing. We went out to a Texas bar for dinner and now we're back here counting the minutes until we can leave this city early tomorrow morning. Yes we went to a place called Rodeo Bar and had mexican food. I had a steak enchilada which came with this very strange chocolate spicy sauce. It wasn't really sweet, just strange.
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