NY. Impression . part 2
The next day, on the advice of friends, we headed to Upper Manhattan. What is there? Central Park, Museum Mile, Columbus Square and more. It all ends with Harlem. Central park. We started with him. As I said, this is an oasis in the middle of the stone jungle. "Lungs" of the city. Like everything in New York, it is huge. The area of the park is larger than the kingdom of Monaco. It has a lot of things. Zoo for example. It was in it, as the cartoon "Madagascar" tells, that this whole company of animals lived, led by a lion. Shady alleys, lakes with boats and birds, golf and football grounds. Restaurants and cafes. Places with simulators for pitching. Just clearings on which people are lying around. By the way, you can roll everywhere. Where not, there is a sign. They say sorry here you know if the grass is planted fresh - it will grow - wallow. And no one climbs there with the words "but I don't care" There are cycle rickshaws that drive around the park for 60 bucks and they will tell and show you everything. , so walk quietly and breathe really fresh air. In general, in a bustling bustling city, a very pleasant place to relax. Yes, there are so many shops that even if the whole city comes, there is still a place to sit. Well, a purely American approach. For a certain amount of money, you can order a sign from the park administration, which is screwed onto a bench and will hang there forever with an inscription like "Vasya from Pskov was here" or "John from Dallas breathed the air here and he liked it"
The park ends and you find yourself on the so-called Museum Mile. Really. Here is the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum and many others. We visited the Metropolitan. To say that it is huge is to be repeated once again. I can only say that in terms of area it occupies 4 blocks. You can't get around it in a day. Everything's there. And paintings and weapons and pyramids and ancient Greek and Roman art and impressionists and modern art and all sorts of African totems, spears, boats, bungalows. In short, the roof blows. Interesting fact. A ticket to the museum costs how much you give. That is, you can give 10 cents, or you can give 100 bucks. True, for 100 bucks you will smile much wider. The ticket is a badge that must be attached to itself so that it would be visible. Then you go from room to room, no one touches you. If there is none, sooner or later a security guard will come up to you and ask you to show your ticket. What happens when it's gone, I don't know. We had. They also have a famous natural history museum. Also near Central Park, only on the other side. I will say this. Outside is beautiful. We didn’t have enough for a health check-up, we didn’t go. Not far from it on the same street is a residential building called "Dakota Apartments". A very pretentious building where people with world-famous names have housing. Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and others. Apartments are not for sale. In addition to money, you also need to have a reputation. If there is none, sorry friend, go with your millions and buy a house somewhere else. We were told that Madonna was denied. Yes, the house is still infamous for the fact that John Lennon lived in it. And near the entrance to his house, this hoopoe Chapman shot him. In memory of John, his wife laid a memorial star in Central Park called "Imagin". And the place around it was called Strawberry Fields. It's right there on the map of the park. Various hairy people with guitars gather there, sing, honor. There are always fresh flowers on the star.
They returned back in the evening. We went on foot despite being tired. And they didn't regret it. Neon-filled streets, beautifully illuminated skyscrapers in the evening Time Square, it was worth it not to jump into the subway. Lower Manhattan or Downtown was next. More on this in the next section.
