After breakfast, Joe headed downtown to by a new 'toy' - an MP3 player. The rest of us rugged up and walked 10 blocks in the falling snow the the American Museum of Natural History. We went via Central Park which looked just like a winter wonderland.
This is West Park Avenue looking North
Even though it was snowing, it wasn't very cold - about 0 C which is a lot warmer than at Niagara Falls. This is more of Central Park.
Amelia was very excited by the snow and kept running around in it.
This is a statue in front of the Natural History Museum. I put it in as you can see the snow falling - it was falling with such big flakes!
The museum was such a treasure trove of dinasour skeletons, rock samples and all sorts of wonderful displays. The place was absolutely packed but I did manage to see most of it. After a while, one dinasour skeleton started to look pretty much like any other!! I nearly got sucked in to buying stuff in the museum shop but reason prevailed and I left with my Visa card in tact!
I enjoyed the walk back to the apartment and one of the streets in particular looked very much like the one where Meg Ryan lived in You've Got Mail. Checked it later on the internet and it was just a block away!!
Bought dinner supplies at the local supermarket and headed back.
Joe and I then went for a nice walk in Central Park and found the reservoir. The light was starting to fade but there were joggers and people walking dogs everywhere. Can't wait to explore the park some more.
It seems funny that it is already 2010 in much of the world when I am used to being in a city that sees the New Year in first.
Jess got tickets to a New Year celebration at a place called The Mean Fiddler (!!!!) down near Time Square. They left at about 6pm and knew that they would have to walk for miles and most of the Underground in the area of Times Square were closed down due to the shear number of people about. We staying in and babysat. I hope I make it to midnight!
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