NYC: days 6 and 7.
Aug. 11th, 2004 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaDecided to relocate to a nicer hotel. It's a lot cleaner and provides a complimentry breakfast. And free internet access, except I don't have a computer to plug into it. Not in an ideal location though. 24th Street is miles from anywhere.
Central Park
Took a pleasant stroll round the park. Saw people doing parky things.
Museum of radio and television
Then went to the Museum of TV and Radio. Fanstastic place, with a huge collection of films to watch. They even have a library where you can book a list of programmes for private viewing. I checked. They have a few episodes of Alias The Jester.
It's actually something that I think is important. Before this museum, there were no measures made to preserve television programmes. This has resulted in - for example - many episodes of classic BBC programmes lost forever. TV the major artform of the 20th century. It needs to be given the respect it deserves.
Decided to hang round in Union Square a bit as well. Busy and bustling. Starting to feel a little isolated now though. I did briefly chat to a French tourist, who was in the same position as me. Wish I was better at striking up conversation with strangers.
Liberty Island
Lots of queuing. To get to the island, you need to queue for the ticket queue, then queue for the ticket. This entitles you to queue for security (please remove all metal objects and your belt), and then queue for the ferry. Once on the island, you queue for the lockers (no bags in the statue), and then queue for security (again). No idea how they think you might have managed to smuggle something through. Having queued there, you queue for the tour of the museum, then tour the museum, queue for the lift, and get up to the base of the statue (it's not fully open yet). You then queue to get the lift down.
Aside from all the queueing, it was good. The park ranger guide was a friendly big chap, who talked about everthing being big (including himself - I really need to take more photos of people). The US was said to be big, so the designer decided they needed a big statue. Inside, you get to see the structure of the statue, and look out from the top of the base.
The next stop on the ferry was Ellis Island. This is the island the the immigrants used to come through to be checked over before being allowed into the country.
Still not decided what to do tomorrow. I need to do some shopping, I think, but apart from that, I have no idea. Maybe the UN. I was hoping to manage an excursion to Washington DC, but I fear I will be too rushed for that.
Food - I really need to find a decent steakhouse. And try the oyster bar at Grand Central. So much to do, so little time.
Central Park
Took a pleasant stroll round the park. Saw people doing parky things.
Museum of radio and television
Then went to the Museum of TV and Radio. Fanstastic place, with a huge collection of films to watch. They even have a library where you can book a list of programmes for private viewing. I checked. They have a few episodes of Alias The Jester.
It's actually something that I think is important. Before this museum, there were no measures made to preserve television programmes. This has resulted in - for example - many episodes of classic BBC programmes lost forever. TV the major artform of the 20th century. It needs to be given the respect it deserves.
Decided to hang round in Union Square a bit as well. Busy and bustling. Starting to feel a little isolated now though. I did briefly chat to a French tourist, who was in the same position as me. Wish I was better at striking up conversation with strangers.
Liberty Island
Lots of queuing. To get to the island, you need to queue for the ticket queue, then queue for the ticket. This entitles you to queue for security (please remove all metal objects and your belt), and then queue for the ferry. Once on the island, you queue for the lockers (no bags in the statue), and then queue for security (again). No idea how they think you might have managed to smuggle something through. Having queued there, you queue for the tour of the museum, then tour the museum, queue for the lift, and get up to the base of the statue (it's not fully open yet). You then queue to get the lift down.
Aside from all the queueing, it was good. The park ranger guide was a friendly big chap, who talked about everthing being big (including himself - I really need to take more photos of people). The US was said to be big, so the designer decided they needed a big statue. Inside, you get to see the structure of the statue, and look out from the top of the base.
The next stop on the ferry was Ellis Island. This is the island the the immigrants used to come through to be checked over before being allowed into the country.
Still not decided what to do tomorrow. I need to do some shopping, I think, but apart from that, I have no idea. Maybe the UN. I was hoping to manage an excursion to Washington DC, but I fear I will be too rushed for that.
Food - I really need to find a decent steakhouse. And try the oyster bar at Grand Central. So much to do, so little time.
