We have been in New York for 4 days and 5 nights and that is pretty much all that I can say - a Glimpse of a Glimpse! We took 2 bus tours - one uptown and the other downtown but the traffic is so dense at times that the trips are exceedingly long! At least the tour guides are entertaining.
So we have done - the MeT Museum - loved the Afghanastan exhibition - they were part of the Silk Road route and had a blend iof intereting artefacts etc, and a huge quantity or works from the European artists. Saw 2 floors of the Guggenheim centre - but the most intersting place was the Frick Museum - a home of carefully selected items At some stage I will add more about this.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) had a most comprehensive exhibiton of art works from James Ensdor (pardon spelling but it is nearly 1am) - his satire, paintings, sketches and themes were quite something. We have done the State Empire Building the statue of liberty, visited Harlem, Soho, China town, Greenwich town, Tribeca - the list goes on... but they were all just glimpses.
Especially as when we visited these museums it had been raining and I am sure that all of New York travellers from overseas followed us!
Tonight we did a show - West Side Story - a slightly modernised version but beautifully and tastefully done.
We have been so busy that I have done very little shopping, but the shops do stay open late! But not til after 1am, I am sure....
Our glimpse of Art and Culture has just whetted our appetite for more - New York, we will certainly travel to you again!!
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