The day it was almost the end September 21, 2007

Today was my last full day in Boston. I’m leaving tomorrow afternoon and I will arrive quite late in NY then, I’m really not sure I will be able to post here.
My day started early again, with a visit of Harvard and the Museum of Natural History (in Harvard). The museum wasn’t as big as the one I saw in NY, but it was very interesting and I’ve learned several things. Do you know the color of the pigment of a blue feather? It’s black, but some air bubbles make it look blue, hahahah!!! You didn’t know, right?
After that, I walked a little more in Harvard and then took the bus to the JFK museum. I’m happy I took the time to visit it. The museum is outside the town
and from there, you can see Boston from the South. The museum includes a lot of videos and make you travel into the past, with a reconstitution of Kennedy’s Headquaters for the 1960 elections or Bobby’s office and a lot of pictures, letters, clothing and other objects related to JFK and his family.
When I came back in the center of Boston, I stopped at South Station to visit Chinatown and walked to the hotel to have a (very) short break. Then, again, I took the subaway and went straight to the north, to visit the Museum of Science... it just seemed they made the museum just for me: The whole part related to the earth was excellent. I spent so much time there that I didn’t make it to visit the rest of the museum. I had a great time there.

The day I saw the blue sky above NY September 12, 2007

Big surprise today: the sky is blue!!!!! I can’t believe it as it was still grey and raining yesterday. Well, I’ll change my plans for today. Yesterday evening I took a ticket for the Empire State building (just in case) and it just seems I’ll use it today.

I left the hotel at 8.30 and arrived at the ESB before  9.00am, wich was a brilliant idea because I didn’t wait at all: thanks to my NY pass I got my ticket from the news stand yesterday and didn’t have to wait for it, then today I skipped the ticket line (more than 50 people were waiting). I didn’t wait neither at the security check (a local specialty), didn’t wait for the 1st lift. We stopped at the 80th floor, wich looked ugly because they are revamping it (you cannot enven reach the windows to see outside). Then I took another lift and of course, I didn’t wait. When I went out of the lift, I had a breathtaking view on NY. Everything looks soooo small from here!!! It’s fabulous! And with the blue sky it’s really per-fect. It took me a while to start taking pictures because I didn’t know what to start with. You can see a picture of South Manhattan, where I’ll go tomorrow.
When I decided to go away, I suddenly noticed that it was a good idea to wake up early: the lines for the lift was so long! and I didn’t see the one for the tickets, but it was certainly even longer.

When I was at the top of the ESB, I was a little cold (i didn’t notice the air had cooled in the night) and I was almost sure I would be very cold on the boat to Liberty Statue & Ellis Island. Once again, I changed my plans and headed to the City Hall, thinking that I would go to the WTC after. But when I got there, I saw it… my bridge… Brooklyn bridge. I couldn’t resist… I started walking and crossed it and arrived in Brooklyn. The bridge is gorgeous and the view from it is amazing. (you have some pictures of both).

In Brooklyn, I did visit the NY  City Transit Museum, Brooklyn Museum, the Botanic Garden and the Aquarium (which was much smaller than I thought, but anyway it was large enough for today and they kicked me off as they were closing).
I ended my visit of Brooklyn eating an ice cream, my feet in the sand of Coney Island Beach.

The day I spent at the Museum of Natural History September 10, 2007

Weather: gray, hot, wet. I’m dying with that weather… I wish it was much colder!!
I started the day going to Planet Hollywood to pick up my New York Pass. I had to wait a couple of minutes as the shop opens at 10.00am. That was just enough to look around: there are ads everywhere. It’s amazing and HUGE.

Then, with the card in my pocket, I headed to the American Museum of Natural History. It was fabulous, very very very interesting… it was so interesting, I spent my whole day there. I love that kind of museums where you can learn everything about archeology, nature, peoples of world, animals. If only I could spend a whole week in that museum, I swear I would do it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of other museums in NY.
I’m posting a few pictures of what I’ve seen.

To know more about the museum there: www.amnh.org