Trip to the Met

One of the significant things that happened during the time I was away cooking was the trip my DH and I took to New York City on our day off, last Wednesday.  We had a number of things we wanted to do on that day, but by the time we had traveled into the City by express bus and got our bearings, we realized that we only had time to do and see just one or two things properly.  I had managed to get online prior to the trip and had seen that the Metropolitan Museum of Art had a special exhibit on the Treasures of Sacred Maya Kings, and I knew I wanted to see that -- I studied quite a bit about Central America as part of my Spanish major in college, and actually traveled to Mexico and visited some ancient sites, so I was keen to see this.  Hubby was content to follow my lead, and so we decided to spend all our money and energy on the Met.

( Tour the Met with me, cut for lots of photos )

We had had a very nice lunch in the Museum cafeteria, but we were hungry by the time we got out and going again.  We decided not to take the subway back down to the bus, because you can't see anything decent from the subway!  Tired as our poor feet were, we decided to walk back, via Broadway this time, and since we didn't feel fancy anymore, we ate at reuben sandwiches at a marvelous deli, then headed back to the bus and New Jersey.

We were tired, but in spite of sore feet, we didn't get blisters.  It was an excellent day, and I hope we can do it again sometime.  There's a lot to be seen in NYC, and one day is not nearly enough -- not even to see one museum!