We were awake early - again... but put the early start to good use. We took the train to Staten Island ferry terminal & by 7.30 a.m. we were on the water: views of the Statue of Liberty.
Back on land in Manhatten, we took the Metro to 14th Street & walked to Chelsea Market & the High Line Walkway which is a great walk above the city on a now disused railway track very nicely re-designed with nice gardens (thanks Gra Gra & Judy for the notes & pikkies from Bron).
After a rest (& some very trying/tiring blogging as I continue to wrangle with the technicalities!) we set off on foot across Central Park to attack the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met). We tackled it by doing two self-guided tours of highlights I had downloaded from the museum website which gave us a great variety from African sculpture through Medieval & Renaissance art to Modern classics like Jackson Pollack with some interesting diversions like the armour room and a musical instrument exhibition along the way.
Needless to say, we were stuffed by the end of it and still had the walk back across Central Park to the hotel.
This time, even I had a sleep (no blogging) & then we set off on the wonderful Metro again: this time to Soho to look at some interesting cast-iron architecture (thanks Paul & Mel) before continuing on by the (you guessed it!) Metro to Brooklyn and a lovely walk back to Manhatten over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Some extra walking to find the Metro did not add to my good humour & I was very pleased to call it a day. Phew!
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