Another day in the Big Apple

New York is only 45 minutes away (when we're in Greenwich) so here's a few pics from another day Dave and I spent in the big City.

Denna gång gick vi av tåget vid Harlem-stationen och började vandra "neråt". Oops! A bit tired there. That's when I change to Swedish. We got off the train at the Harlem station this time, and started walking towards downtown.

The big water reservoir in Central Park. This is where every New Yorker's drinking water comes from.

It was hot (!) even this day in NYC.

The famous Guggenheim Museum next to Central Park.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lunch in Little Italy (yes, we had pizza and Insalata Caprese, very italian).

In Greenwich Village we found a couple of cool shops, places and ...

... that secret garden where Miranda and Steve got married (in Sex and the city for you who didn't know).

Alex thought this was more than a little cool and made Dave pretend he stepped in gum (just like Steve did).

In the afternoon, it cooled down a little bit (phew) and we enjoyed the breeze up on the fantastic High Line.

The High Line is an old, elevated railroad track that runs from the Meatpacking district to 34th Street on Manhattan's West side. It was opened in 2009, added on to in june 2011 and is an outstanding example on how you can transform something old and no longer in use into a lush refuge that's accessible for eveyone. The landscapers have done a fantastic job, which tourists and New Yorkers can appreciate every day, either by just using it to get from one block to another, by bringing a book and lie on the sunbeds or maybe go for a run.

These girls run in those bouncy rollerblades without wheels...

View from the High Line.

Before we took the train back to Connecticut, we stopped at the Pony for a cold beer.

Bye, bye Chrysler Building.

Will we go to New York once more before we leave the States? Hm, I don't know. It's hard having to choose between NYC and a day at the beach in Old Greenwich... We'll just have to wait and see. :-)

/Alex