So sorry that I didn’t post last night. We had a very busy day and didn’t get to bed until 1:30 am, about 10:30 pm Los Angeles time. For those of you who know us well, you are aware that is almost 2 hours past our bedtime (We are couple of “wild and crazy guys”).
Yesterday we headed to the Neue Gallery which houses “Woman in Gold” by Gustav Klimt. If you have seen the film of the same name you know the story of this painting. It was stolen by the Nazis from its owner and finally reclaimed, after a long legal struggle, by the owner’s heirs in 2005. After an amazing breakfast at the museum’s Café Sabarsky) we went to see the painting. Unfortunately visitors are not allowed to take photos of the masterpiece but you know I am not one for following rules and got my shot (see below).
After the Neue Gallery we headed downtown to the One World Observatory. We arrived via subway and our arrival station was a sight in itself. They call it the Oculus or the Westfield World Trade Center Mall (see below). Here is a link since my picture [https://www.westfield.com/westfieldworldtradecenter] does not do it justice.
A short walk later we made it to the observatory and found out that for $37 (yikes!) we could get a ride to the top. Not a problem, the line is short (see below).
We started to get on line and were told the the line actually begins outside (see below).
Since we were running short of time we decided to leave this for another day.
Our night was a blast. We met up with my friend Gary and his girlfriend, Sharon, and two of Gary’s friends, Gary (that made it easy) and Rose. We had a lovely dinner at Avra Estiatorio followed by seeing the Broadway show “Waitress”. This was originally a movie (which I thought was awful) but it worked much better as a musical. After the show we hung out with “The Garys” and their mates at our hotel until very late and then it was off to bed.
That’s enough for now. I better get going or today’s post will be just that I wrote a blog post.
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