A stroll in Central Park

We have done tons of walking, so it's time for a break!  We took a bus tour of the other end of New York, mid town, uptown, and Harlem.  Tours are always good because you learn so much more about a place.

We got off the bus early as we decided to take a walk through Central Park.  It is really beautiful, and huge!!!  But after walking around NY, among all those people, you see how a place like this park is so important for them to have a place to go to relax.  There are lots of trees that are still green because it is warmer in the city, but there are still tons of fall colours.  There is an area called the Mall where the trees meet overhead to form a roof - it has been in tons of TV shows.  They were filming a scene of some sort while we were there.  The actors were speaking Italian so they were not familiar to us, but it was still a neat experience!
We went for a carriage ride around a section of the park.  (We were holding out for this one, instead of doing it in Quebec, or Bar Harbor).  I think that was Rianna's favourite part of NY, although she would probably say it was the shopping & people watching.

Sean got a treat as well - he wanted to eat at TGI Fridays at Times Square, on Friday.  We walked around for a bit afterwards, but this area was much busier on a Friday night than during the week, and it was a bit too much for us!

All in all, we were really happy with our New York experience, and I in particular, was pleasantly surprised at how clean everything was, and how safe we felt.  I'm not exactly sure what I expected, but we came out of it being New York fans!      

Now we'll just have to see how they do with their baseball team!!