NYC, Part II
Today is new year eve. We're right now resting before going out for diner, and I am taking advantage of this time to catch up on this travel diary.
Well, on Thursday the 29, the first thing we did is go to Willoughby to buy a new digital camera. I had thought about it quite a bit and decided to buy a Canon Rebel XT (Generation 2). It's got great reviews and is one of the cheapest (not anymore but still a very good deal for the money). I wanted it in black, and got it in this color. I got the body plus a 18-55 (for digitals) for $999, and then got talked into buying a 1GB flash card and a 75-300mm zoom. The seller throw in a case and some little things to convinced me. I also bought a set of filters. The package came with bundled software, and I tried PhotoStitch.app wich looks really good to make panorama and the like. It can produce JPEG/TIFF/... but also QuicktimeVR.
So, let's rewind to the first day and illustrate the words with pictures: We went to Willoughby on 31rst street with 5th Avenue. We spent a bit less than an hour in there and then started walking up 5th avenue toward the Rockefeller center and St Patrick Church, where we had a rendez-vous with Marc and Laura.
We ate in a nice and cozy cafeteria in 50th street or so. After that, we attempted to go to the American Museum of Natural History, but the line was really too long, and also the Darwin expo was sold out. So we gave up, got out and crossed central park to reach the Metropolitan Museum of arts, where we spent the rest of the afternoon (Marc & Laura went to the Guggenheim).
