NYC, Part III
We wanted to be at the American Museum of Natural History by the opening time -9 o'clock- but got there only at 11:00 or so. The line was very short, and we were in in a brisk. This museum is quite large, and very nice. We started by the astronomy section, with this large sphere in the midst of a huge hall, and other planetary bodies, and galaxies, suspended around it. After that, we had a rushed lunch and proceeded to the dinosaur "new finding" special exhibition. Before we left, we visited the geology/geophysics section.
We went out of the museum just before sunset, and went directly to a restaurant (UNO). After that, we splitted: Marc and Laura went to meet their friends (Tobias and Anne?) and we went to Time Square to try to buy tickets for a broadway show. Time square was a mess. Very crowded. We eventually found the discount ticket store, but none of the 3 shows we were interested in were available -in general, New York was very crowded during this period: that includes museums, and shows, and any place under cover.- So we proceeded directly to the theater showing our first pick (Hair Spray) and bought tickets for the next day matinee show.
After being back to the apartment, Céline was tired -me too- and we had a very quick cereal dinner. Marc called me a bit later to say they were going to a pub in the neighborhood and ask if I would join. This pub was supposed to be the oldest pub in the US, so of course I was interested to see it. It was indeed worth it. They probably haven't dusted the place since the opening day. The walls were covered with posters from the late 19th and early 20th century, old furnitures behind the bar, weird objects hanging from the ceiling. But very cool beer, and one they serve by 2 (i.e. if you ask for one, they bring two). And it was packed! I mean, really packed. But we eventually found a free spot at the bar and stuck there for a while.
