My host Rich takes me round Central Park
Lush and verdant
The excessive rains this summer explain the greenery
Leaving the Park and heading into the city
A whole Egyptian temple in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ancient Egyptian statuary in the Met
Modern stained glass in the Met
Approaching Times Square
Ominous clouds gather - again!
The Dia Museum in Beacon, NY
A new walkway on the bank of the Hudson River at Beacon
So it can be sunny in New York state too?
Feels like the seaside
People enjoy the outdoor lifestyle
Looking up the Hudson River - it's big!
A monster red snapper in a Colombian restaurant
Fire Island - it's like another country
Some more intense weather
Rich braves the waves
The deer that roam free in the middle of Cherry Grove
A typical Cherry Grove boardwalk
Lunch with Charlotte & Sarah
Charlotte took this charming picture of me relieving myself in the Washington Square Gardens - thanks!
A typical downtown scene
The closest I got to the Statue of Liberty this time
Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge towards Manhattan
The Empire State Building towers over its neighbours
The Brooklyn Bridge is a popular footpath
Over 100 years old, it affords great views
City Hall
A fountain outside City Hall
Looking across the Hudson to New Jersey
The New Jersey skyscrapers in the twilight
The moon over Manhattan
Ah! What a marvellous sight! Manhattan by night
Here a close-up with the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building
Typical houses in the Upper West Side
Back in Central Park for a wander
Central Park is full of nature
It's also full of hills!
The American Museum of Natural History's new annex
Art for sale outside MoMA
A snack in the MoMA café: goat's cheese cheesecake
Bezi's cousin tucks in to her stuffed boiled eggs - mmm!
Bezi gets ready to devour her sundae
The view from the MoMA café terrace
Big art (a contemporary Chinese artist whose name escapes me)
Fine art (Picasso)
Big fine art (Léger)
Proper American-Italian pizza in New Jersey
And that, ladies & gentlemen, is the end of that!
