27th - Artsy fartsy

Due to yesterday’s episode with The Rock and the weather looking reasonable we started the day with both of us going up into the tower. Almost no queue which meant that after 1½ hour after arriving at the building we were leaving being satisfied with the results.

Looking north.

Looking south.

We continued to the 5^th avenue to St. Patrick’s cathedral for the Easter parade there which is known for people wearing weird hats. Apart from it not really being a parade but rather just a large gathering of people it was pretty fun walking around seeing people wearing pretty ridiculous hats.

Hats!

More hats!

Fancy hat!

St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Even more hats!

Just a plane hat.

Rabbit ears hats!

Happy hats!

From there we split again; she wanted to go to the 9/11 memorial and I ended up going to The Met (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). I am not much of an art lover – at all – but I do appreciate the workmanship required to create some of the pieces. A couple of paintings were amazing, likewise some of the roman marble statues. But the modern and contemporary art is still very… strange and confusing to me. Apart from art they also have historical material; treasures from Egyptian graves and tombs, tools etc. from ancient civilizations and armor & weapons from medieval times, both European, Asian and Middle Eastern. All in all, despite not liking art much, 4 hours at the museum was overall very enjoyable.

Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome by Giovanni Paolo Panini.

Absolutely amazing detail.

Moden Rome by Giovanni Paolo Panini.

Even the paintings in the painting has amazing detail!

The Met didn't only have art.

Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Antonio Canova.

Ugolino and His Sons by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.

We met up back at the hotel and found a steak restaurant that looked promising. We ended up getting 4 courses for a good price. Or rather; we ended up getting 4 huge courses. I ended up getting fried calamari (could have fed 4 as a starter which meant I only ate half of it), tomato/mozzarella salad (huge tomato slices and large chunks of cheese to match the size), surf’n’turf (a great filet with a large lobster, great sauce and mashed potatoes) and ending it all with a dense cheesecake. We both left full and happy. That was an excellent last meal in NYC before leaving. It was an amazing place and the waiter was awesome.