Central Park is, in my oppinion, the coolest place we've seen so far on the trip. What other place can you find such an awesome green lung in the middle of such a large city. With great lawns the size of ten soccer fields and open access this must be the perfect place for sporty New Yorkers to relax in the afternoons.
We brought our small pee wee football and chilled in the park most of the day. What you can see in the park isn't that special, but it is the fact where it is that makes it awesome. And with the temperatures we are getting (sunny and 25-30 degrees) it is pretty nice to just lay down on the grass and relax, or throw the ball around a little.
Just next to Central Park lies the American Museum of Natural History (made more known in Norway in the movie "night at the museum"). We all agree that the museum was disappointing. The museum lacks a structure that makes it easy for us as visitors to see the big picture. As a historian it is all good seeing objects from different cultures in different time periods, but it would be nice to actually see how cultures in different regions progressed alongside each other and so on... so lots of cool objects, but no structure.
Our second New York sporting event were the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees could stay ahead of Tampa Bay in the race for the first seed in the playoffs, but got thrashed by the arch rival Red Sox. Erlend saw a baseball game in Texas and I've seen quite a few over the years, but it was Simons first. He thought it was cool, but it would have been more fun hadn't the Yankees been down 10-1 after the fifth inning...
We ended of the night with a couple of Heineckens and some shrimp at Bubba Shrimp (the tourist trap) on Times Square....
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