Blogs from Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, North America - page 209

As the title suggests, this will be a more detailed log then either previous updates, and thats because I'm on my own again, and have a 4 hour pass (By accident :s) to use on this machine in one go, but I won't be staying that long! After my last update, we went straight to see war Of The Worlds. In my opinion, it could be the greatest movie this year! It was that amazing. I don't know if its out there yet, or even soon, but I recommend it highly to everybody to see it straight away. If the premise sounds even a little interesting, and you like to be on the edge when watching a movie, the majority of this film will please you to no end. However, besides the film itself, the theatres ... read more

I am overloaded with information about New York! My first impressions were as always, completely understated. I mean my impressions are always understated, not like I go to New York all the time and I'm always dissappointed... never mind! Haha. The first thing I noticed was the heat. If I'd paid more attention to anyone or anything about New York weather, I would have known it is so much hotter than UK, but not only that, its got to be one of the hottest places on Earth! Not really, but its very very hot and humid. I'm sweating like crazy! First stop after the depressingly messy JFK airport was the hostel, but that took me ages to find! The plane was a little delayed too, but I got to my hostel, and on the way I ... read more

The time has come... To dance down 5th avenue. Rob and I had planned on going to watch the parade, and as we stood on the footpath watching the parade go past two of Rob's mates spotted us and before we knew we were in it, dancing with some the sexiest men I have ever seen, in some of the best dresses. There is something very liberating and entirely surreal about dancing through the streets of New York to the beat of the Brasilian drums surrounded by the fanfare of mardi gra. It was brilliant. ... the photos tell the story. ... read more

I love New York. Each day I wake up with a long list of things to do but each day, despite my best efforts to stay focused, I keep on getting distracted and wander down side streets. I end up seeing eveything and nothing.... Friday I tried to get tickets to see Shakespeare in the Park, after waiting for 2 hours in the heat of the day they gave the last ticket to the person standing 3 people ahead of me in the queue. Shrugging it off, went to meet up with Rob at the Grand Central Station. For those of you who have never been there it is a totally awesome station with the star consellations painted on the roof (reminiscent of the sistene chapel) what makes it even more impressive is the fact that ... read more

The Cloisters, situated in beautiful Fort Tyrone Park in Upper Manhattan. The Cloisters is an extension of the Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art of medieval Europe. The Cloisters, opened in 1938, incorporates architectural monuments carefully transported from Europe and reconstructed in a building specifically designed to evoke rather than imitate the monasteries, churches and halls of medieval times. Two hours is just enough time to engage your creative and imaginative faculties, and not enough time to soak in all the history. This is one of those places you find yourself running back to time and time again. One of the attractive features in this museum were the gardens. The gardens of the Cloisters represent both real and ideal gardens of the Middle Ages. Archaeological investigations of medieval garden sites is relatively new, and ... read more