THE END OF THE LINE ......

Today is our last day and since we have covered so very much ground on the other days, today is quite low key. We went uptown to see the Guggenheim Museum. We only went in the foyer, we didn’t tour the museum, but it was good to get out and see it. The premise of the building is that it is a multi chambered nautilus shell. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It had a very modern and interesting façade and was across the street from Central Park and in amongst so many old style brick and concrete buildings.

We are such experts on the subways now, we even ventured on the bus today. No trouble at all - just travels a bit slower than the subway system. The traffic is always horrendous any time of the day or night…the horns honking….the millions of yellow taxis…..and black hired vehicles…..limos…. pedestrians who cross the street any time….doesn’t matter what the lights indicate, if they figure it is safe to go - they go! There is very visible police/security presence all over the city. I can honestly say there isn’t a time we felt uneasy no matter what time or where we were walking.

So we came back to get ready to go see a matinee play. Today the play was “Lend me a Tenor” and starred Tony Shaloub (Monk) and Anthony Lapaglia (Without a Trace). The rest of the cast had familiar faces and the acting was reminiscent of the old screwball comedies. At one point it sounded like “Who’s on First… It was very funny and quite enjoyable.

After the play, we went for dinner at a nice French Brasserie Restaurant that was right around the corner and we had a delicious meal. The tables were quite close together and we ended up sharing lots of good conversation with the couple at the next table. They were from DC and in the city with university students for the weekend. The students can come for a very low price and do some academic/art activities which includes 1 play and a trip to a museum. They are pretty much on their own for the whole day other than in the mornings when they do some academics.

After dinner we hopped the uptown subway and went to Columbus Circle and walked around for a short while, but the wind is bitter tonight, so here we sit in Starbucks - warming up with a couple of lattes and about to leave to go back to the hotel and pack up. It has been a whirlwind 4 ½ days and hard to believe that at this time tomorrow we will be home again!
See you soon.