From ladette to lady

This morning I got up and went for what is becoming a regular morning coffee and walk, exploring the few kilometers in the radius of the hotel. When I got back we got ready to go out for the day as we had the 'Sex and the City tour booked for 11.00am. We got the subway to dowtown and got off at 50th, which also brings you out to Columbus circle and the south west corner of Central Park.

Because we had a bit of time to spare, we wandered through the south end of Central Park. We saw the duck pond, which I assume is the one mentioned in JD Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye". Stunning, 'but where do the ducks go when the pond freezes over in winter?'

We ventured out of the park at the south east corner, which also happened to be the meeting spot for the tour, in front of the Pulitzer monument (and the Plaza hotel).

The tour was good, but not great, although the tour guide earns a mention, she really knew her stuff and was quite impressive.

We then wandered down to Bryant Park where apparently fashion week is no longer held. (It's now held at the Lincoln Centre.). And I had a salad of grilled asparagus, beetroot, goat's cheese and greens, and it was absolutely delicious! The park was full of people, and it was just beautiful sitting there in the sun, in a lovely park, in a metropolis. This life is for me. And besides the small hurricane that passed through here on the weekend, the weather has been perfect.

After that we went back to the hotel for a bit, then went out to a local Thai restaurant called 'Charm' that had been recommended to Ros by a local Aussie expat. It was also a delicious meal.

Got back to the hotel to get ready to go see "Mary Poppins". We even used an iron on our clothes! The show was playing at a theatre on 42nd St, and our seats were in the second row, which I was very impressed with, but apparently the front row seats in a theatre are not the best seats. We started chatting to the Mother and daughter sitting next to me. They were from South Carolina, and the daughter was going to live in Spain for 6 months on a University exchange program. They were so, so lovely, I'm sorry that we didn't have more time to talk.

Mary Poppins was amazing (actually I've never seen a production that wasn't). And whilst the actress who played Mary Poppins was by far the star of the show, the little boy 'Michael' stole my heart. You should've seen him move in the 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' song! At the end of the show Mary flies away, much to the delight of the audience on the third tier, right up to them.

The ladies to my left wished us well and us them, probably never to see each other again. Sadly.



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