New York 2 - Sunday

More from my trip to New York over the Easter break.

Sunday dawned bright and clear, and it was over to the supermarket Gristedes, an excellent local supermarket, which has apparently been 'feeding New York since 1888'.
We had breakfast in the hotel room: if you are staying in New York, look for a room which has a microwave and fridge and kettle and you can self cater easily enough with a bowl and mug. It was my daughter's 20th birthday.



We had the whole city ahead of us to explore over the next five days (link to the official city website)

Out to start our first day of using the New York City Pass, and up the Top of the Rock early, with no queues at all. The weather was stunning as were the views, with mist cloaking the rivers.

This was followed by the Big Bus Open Top bus tour through the city to orient ourselves, and decided to explore and head for the Met and the Guggenheim as well that afternoon.

The former had some amazing art, and a great exhibition of instruments owned by famous musicians, and the latter had the great architecture but nothing of interest in it in terms of art, so we had a coffee, and completed the classic spiral down.

Wandered over to Strawberry Fields and the Dakota Hotel, and then back to the hotel via Columbus Circle, where we found an interesting underground market and food area which we returned to quite a few times after.

Back to the hotel via our new supermarket: Gristedes. Wife and daughter arrived later having been to Sprinkles cupcake store, and Time Square after dark.

The day ended with a bonus as I realised that HBO had the premiere of Season 8 of Game of Thrones on at 9pm (2am UK time) so watched that to end the day.

Images: Alan Parkinson - shared under CC license

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