We chose a perfect day to hire some bikes and tackle Central Park. The park is huge and a peaceful change from the noise of the city avenues and streets. The temperature was in double figures (first time!), the wind was gentle and the sun was shining. We took the 13-km (approx.) anticlockwise, one-way route around the park, stopping at many sights on our way. The Lake was a particular favourite, with geese, ducks and turtles entertaining us with their antics. The clip-clop of horses’ hooves as they pulled tourists in carriages was an unusual sound to hear, as was the music played by the numerous joggers and cyclists as they exercised (no headphones used).
After our very enjoyable morning, we revisited the High Line (this time from its northern beginning in the Hell’s Kitchen area) and strolled its whole length. Walking it during the week rather than the weekend meant it was a little less crowded and easier to enjoy. A lunch at Pier 57, sitting on its rooftop park terrace overlooking the Hudson River and Little Park, was a delightful find.
Our last full day in NYC was rounded off attending the Broadway show, Hadestown. A very generous and thoughtful gift from our daughters and their partners, It was entertaining and exhausting in equal measure. The cast were so high-energy and talented. The singing was phenomenal (think goosebumps and shivers as Orpheus sang) and the production was super slick (as would be expected for a Broadway show). We took a final evening walk through ‘our local neighbourhood' (aka Times Square) and noticed a dramatic increase in the number of people in the square. The warmer evening certainly encouraged more people to wander the streets.
A post-theatre, hotel-room wind down rounded off our final night on what has been an amazing, incredible, enjoyable and memory-making New York visit.
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