Art Museums and a Boat

Today we decided to visit the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

I had been to the Met before but this was my first visit to the MoMA.  Well, let's just say that neither Eileen nor I are art experts and some things that are probably highly acclaimed just don't look much like art to us.

But, we did see Monet's Water Lilies, which is beautiful.  We looked through the entire museum and saw some things that were interesting.  Our favorite was a large map of the world where each country was composed of its flag. 

The Met is more up our alley.  There are some amazing displays there.  Our favorites were the rooms where period furniture, decorations and art were set up.  They also have a large selection of musical instruments that is interesting.  This piano was one of our favorites.

Another favorite had to be George Washington crossing the Delaware.  It is a wonderful painting and such a symbol of victory for America.

 This stained glass window was also a favorite display.  There were many more beautiful pieces.

After the Met, we needed to catch the subway to get to the pier to take a boat ride.  The best way to the subway station we needed was straight through Central Park.  So, that is where we went.  We didn't have too much time to explore but we are going to see Central Park again tomorrow and probably Sunday, too.  We did take time to get a hot dog from a cart while were were in Central Park.  It was delicious!

A friend had told us that the Circle Line 3 hour around Manhattan boat ride was really great.  So, we signed up for the ride.  Unfortunately, the water was too high to go all the way around.  We were still able to do a 3 hour trip and the commentary was very good.  We got to see the island from a new point of view.  Even though we couldn't go the whole way around, it was worth our time.

Here is a nice shot of the Manhattan skyline looking north.  The tall building is the new Freedom Tower which is under construction at the World Trade Center site.