I took a car service from my hotel near the airport to just outside the CN Tower where I could catch the tourist bus.
I jumped aboard the www.citysightseeingtoronto.com bus and headed off for a full loop of the city.
CN Tower
One of the stop is at Dundas Square which is supposed to be the ‘Times Square’ of Toronto.
Bata Shoe museum.
Casa Loma
CN Tower
CN Tower
Financial district
Art Gallery
Union Station
I headed out the door today into a humid New York day. I dropped by the same diner again for breakfast and then caught the subway to the upper west side intending to visit the church of St John the Divine.
As normally happens, when I exited the subway I initially headed the wrong way. Eventually I got my bearings and found the cathedral.
Just outside the Cathedral is a ‘children’s garden featuring the above statue. Personally, I think this statue is a little scary for children but still it is very impressive.
The Cathedral is huge, as big as any I’ve seen in Europe.
Entry to the Cathedral is free but a donation is suggested.
The Cathedral is one of the things you don’t expect to find in New York to be honest. If you do visit, I’d really recommend a trip to see it. Most of the standard tour buses stop right outside and it is not very far from the subway.
My photos are all a little bit dark simply because the place is so huge.
With the humidity rising I decided that the best bet would be to go somewhere in doors. I therefore chose to head over the upper east side and visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or just the Met).
The Met isn’t all just about paintings and sculptures, as you can see from the above. It has some great exhibits and generally should have something to interest all.
One of the must see exhibits is the Temple of Dendur.
The Met is really one of the great places in New York (especially when the weather is ‘challenging’).
I headed back east to the subway.
Across Park Ave and caught the subway to ‘tourist central’, 5th and 58th street.
Being a technology person I couldn’t resist snapping this shot of the NYC Apple store.
I headed further south down 5th Ave and called into St Patrick’s.
My day ended with a meeting with business contacts.
The next day I was booked to fly out early from NYC to my next destination. After such a brief stay I still gotta say that love NYC and recommend that if you ever get the chance you should but it on your itinerary as you’ll never be disappointed.
