A Walk in the Park

Tuesday July 12.  Central Park was calling our names today!  We thought about renting bicycles but opted to walk instead.  The sun was beating down today so we were thankful for all the shade trees in the park.  Dan estimates we walked probably a good four miles all together.  There has been no shortage of walking on this trip, but I am quite certain it has not made up for the abundance of goodies we've consumed along the way.  :(

After much searching, we found the Central Park Zoo.  Central Park is 2.5 miles long between 59th Street (South) and 110th Street (North), and is 0.5 miles wide between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West, so quite a bit of searching can be the norm!  Kylie looked at the map of this small, cute zoo and decided she did not want to go in because there were not enough big cats!  Oh well.  She got something at the gift shop anyway, which was probably her goal all along.

Tuesday night was very exciting, as we got to see The Lion King at the Minskoff Theatre.  Dan and I had seen it at Fair Park years before, but this was the kids first experience with this musical.  It was so good to be in New York seeing it with Andrew and Kylie.  Kylie grinned throughout most of the show.  She was in an aisle seat, so she got to see a close-up look of a lot of the cast.  The Lion King, I think, was Kylie's favorite thing to do in New York!

After the show, we had a very late-night dinner at a new restaurant called Casa Nonna, on 38th Street in the Hell's Kitchen area.  We had a wonderful dinner and overall dining experience, even though the American League managed to lose the All-Star Game while we were there.  We went to this restaurant on a recommendation from our hotel concierge and we closed the place down!

We walked back to our hotel in the late-night hours.  Andrew said everything appeared a bit "sketchy" at night in New York City.  I can't say as I blame him.  :)  We made it back safely.