Bethesda Fountain New York City

We woke up terribly hungover and had to meet our boss for breakfast in the hotel restaurant. We all looked a little like death warmed over. I was probably the most haggard though! Breakfast was difficult to choke down, but I managed alright. Thankfully the hotel had a long list of available options including oatmeal. Since our grand plan of taking …

We were up reasonably early to again find that flurries and rain were with us still. We headed out into bustling Times Square and grabbed a coffee before purchasing tickets to see a couple of shows for tonight and tomorrow night then hopped on the subway and journeyed uptown to 66th Street ( Lincoln Square) to get some serious shopping in at …

... , DC, since it's in a building).  Then I couldn't figure out where the checkers and chess house was, and how did the Bethesda fountain end up over there?  And was it the fountain from the Producers and Angels in America?  Then of course we were trying ...

... of clothes and headed instead to take photos of the area around the Flatiron building and visit the 42nd Street branch of the New York City Public Library. IŽd be quite happy to spend my days in the reading room there, but they shut shortly after we ...

... comedian/acrobats. Recorded pieces of their performance (and donated to their show) and so will duly try and upload as much as I can. But I hope you enjoy the pictures!! New York is so gorgeous and homey in the fall... winter too ;)   ...

... , but it was just the hotel on Columbus Circle, impressive nonetheless. I wandered through Central Park and found the infamous Bethesda Fountain that Uncle Bernard always speaks of, although it wasn't as impressive under rain and grey clouds. The rain ...

... 2.5 miles long from 59th Street to 110th Street, and sits in the centre of downtown Manhattan, surrounded by New York City's trademark skyscrapers. Central Park hosts monuments, playgrounds, fountains, ponds, lakes and a 106 acre reservoir, as well as ...

... his music and legacy still continues. Having been riding for over an hour, we cut through the middle of the park past the Bethesda Fountain and back to the boat house. After a quick rest, we continued along to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 5th ...

... of great action shots from 3rd base and behind the catcher. We headed off to check out the lake via the Mall and also the Bethesda Fountain, It was great to see all the row boats in the lake and once again the masses of people just taking in the park ...

... Shakespeare, Burns and Scott. I veered off the path to see the Balto Statue and then continued along the Mall towards the Bethesda Fountain and Terrace. All I could picture while I was there was the scene from One Fine Day when George Clooney picks up ...

... Central Park.  Mostly I walked around the southeast corner of the park - the children's zoo, the carousel, the Mall, Bethesda Fountain.  I love Central Park.  The architects were brilliant. Afterwards I walked down to MoMA.  They no ...

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