Had to battle with 12 thousand kids to even get close to anything in the Museum of Natural History. I particularly enjoyed the opals.
Despite the arctic temperatures I still insisted on sitting on the 'sun deck' to and from Ellis Island. I did not look cool but I could not miss the views, man!
Of course, I would forget that I forgot to reserve my ticket to actually get on the Statue. So I had a good stroll around the island and ate my mandarin segments in juice until the ferry came to pick us up.
I never did get to visit Queens or the Bronx but I did have a day trip to Brooklyn. Coney Island was deserted because snow covered everything. No promenade, no beach!
Prospect Park Zoo is tiny and actually for children but I was pleased to see other like-minded adults without kids there too. I really, really, REALLY liked it and that may have had something to do with the meerkats. I DIE.
I managed to see the Californian Sea Lions' training time. One of them was really naughty and didn't listen and they only gave her one fish.
The last place I visited was the aquarium. Saw lots of people running to the aquatheatre so I decided to join them. I sat down on the BLEACHERS only to realise it was training session with more sea lions. This one had Lady Gaga playing, though.
More interesting jellyfishes to come!
One of the more comical aspects of my holiday was when I went to the NBC Studios and was asked to be an audience member for the Dr. Oz show. I had never heard of it. Deepak Chopra was a guest! He had a very soothing voice and spangly glasses. The main theme of the show was diarrhoea and someone was picked to be Dr. Oz's assistant. By chance, the woman chosen was the assistant on a previous show where the main theme was...constipation.
It was all very fun but when the guests were speaking, everyone turned a bit gospel-congregation which was weird. Towards the end of the show, there was a tape showing a lady who had facial scars from a car crash. She had a procedure done to restore pigmentation to her scars and when she came out loads of people cried. I had a little sniffle.
It was a good time, actually.
