Vacation Review: New York Day 2
In my last post I described day 1 of our trip. Day 1 as I described it was our first full day. We arrived on a Tuesday afternoon and visited Times Square, our Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Trip was on Wednesday. Also, after visiting Ellis Island on Day 1, we then spent some time in the financial district. We saw the World Trade Center, NYSE, and other places in that area. We really liked visiting Trinity Church, the kids thought it was amazing to see the tombstone for Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton among others.
With Day 2, we just rolled out of bed and went over to the Natural History Museum, as our apartment was literally across the street. This was one of my favorite places. The museum received a lot of attention from the movie Night at the Museum, and thankfully the attention is well-deserved. We had a terrific time. The size, scale, and scope of this building is breath-taking.
To maximize your day, I would encourage you to plan ahead. My wife is great at this. She went out to their website and looked at the exhibits with our kids. She also printed off some maps so we could get a sense for how we wanted to go through the building. We were lucky in that the Silk Road Exhibit was there, which is a traveling exhibit that details cities along what was called the Silk Road, going from China to Baghdad.
The permanent exhibits are equally impressive. From ancient civilizations to items from outer space, the museum has plenty to see. My favorite room was the ocean room (I’m sure that’s not its name) with an enormous whale and hundreds of other oceanic creatures.
We spent an entire day there and were exhausted. If we had stayed in NY longer, this could have been a two-day visit for sure. But at the end of the day our brains were mush so we discovered another treasure, an outdoor one: Central Park.
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