C e n t r a l P a r k - G r e e n w i c h - C h e l s e a

The weather got better and better, so on sunday we decided to go to Central Park. We walked there, so we had to take a break once we got to the luscious green strip. We sat in the sun and watched New York City life. Our sundays usually consist of taking it slow and trying to overcome the stuff we did on saturday ( such as grocery shopping, shopping, drinking wine and staying up late ), but New Yorkers do things differently. They wake up early, get out of bed and into the shower and into their sports gear to run a mile or twenty.
We were a little ashamed of our untrained and slightly hedonistic appearance ( cute little tummies ) while we gazed at these people doing their best to stay healthy and fit in a city that's been taken over by fast and greasy food.

After tanning up a little, we walked to strawberry fields where we hailed John Lennon by singing Beatles' songs with longtime fans and hippies alike. It's a lovely place, although slightly over-visited by people just wanting to take a picture on the 'imagine' mosaic. But I love the idea behind this not-so-quiet-anymore tear-shaped place of worship. Yoko did a great job setting it up. Lennon will never be forgotten.

After that we marched the yellow gravel paths until we got hungry. We took a cab to Greenwich where we ate Italian food made by Indian people ( never a sensible thing to do...). We had Penne Siciliana, Spaghetti Marinara and of course Baked Ziti.
We walked through green Greenwich all the way to Chelsea piers. The weather was amazing, we didn't even wear our coats... The waterfront was breezy and cooled us down a bit. Until we spotted our first celeb...That brought the heat back up again! We ran into Nigel Barker... Nigel Barker folks! Wow. We get to see a lot of 'famous' people in the Netherlands ( famous Dutchies that is! ), but someone as big and international as this fashion photographer... Wow, again. New Yorkers don't even bother looking up anymore, because all they do is spot yet another celeb, but I thought it was noteworthy.

Walking from Lexington to Central Park to Greenwich and Chelsea gets to you, so instead of walking back ( which is insane! ), we took a cab. I can't remember where we ate that night or if we ate at all...
It was a great day. The weather definitely made everything sparkle even more... Last time we went to visit NY we only got rain.

New York has been treating us kind so far.

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