Christmas eve, and it was raining slightly so I went to the Native American Indian museum near Battery Park. It was more of an art museum rather than their cultural and old school life. But it was still good to go to, the most impressive was the old photo exhibit done by a native american photographer. After that I decided to go St Marks for lunch cause there is a load of places there. Sadly I think I chose the only place that wasn't that good, a really average meal which was disappointing but it wasn't the worst thing I've ever eaten. After that I went home to rest up and relax, whilst it was raining outside. That night I was meeting some people off a forum, where a bunch of us solo travellers were meeting up for an Xmas eve dinner. We ended up going to some place in Chinatown to eat, something simple to accommodate everyone. After that went for a few drinks in the East Village just a quiet place. It was a really good night, cool to meet new people over the holidays.
Day 18
Christmas day was not snowing unfortunately, however the sun was out so it was a great day for walking. I took the L to Union Square at 14th, and walked up fifth and sixth seeing the slightly emptier streets and the odd store open. Once I got past 42nd there was a lot more people around, especially around Rockefeller and Radio City Music Hall. I got some Halal Guys at 55th and took it up to eat it at Central Park. Central Park was packed, so many people walking it and skating, I couldn't believe all these people were out (assuming most were tourists). After that I just walked all around Upper West Side, through the streets and avenues up to Columbia University at 114th Street. It was really cool to see the buildings that are so recognizable from tv and movies. The campus it self was very cool, lots of old buildings and some really big sculptures as well.
Day 19
So they don't do boxing day in the US but I decided this was another day to explore more of Queens. I took the 7 out to Flushing, the local china town which was crowded with asians. I walked around a bit, until I found a Yum Cha place and had a bite to eat there, not a big meal. I then walked around the town and towards the Flushing Meadows Park. This parks is really big, has loads of soccer fields, a ice skating rink, the Queens Museum, the home of the Mets and US open and the famous unisphere and alien ships from Men in Black. Even on a cold day there was a lot of people out and about. I then went back on the 7 towards Astoria, this neighbourhood was more russian and greek focused. So I had a massive greek meal, gyro and fetta cheese on chips. I walked around a bit more down towards the Museum of Moving Imagery, which had free admission on Fridays 6pm onwards. The museum is really cool, loads of movie props and other behind the scenes stuff. There tvs and rooms purposely there too show clips and short movies. One of the cooler exhibits was how they did live tv, and a baseball screening.
Later that night I had a chance to try the famed BaoHaus in the East Village. Their pork belly is really soft and flavourful and their fried chicken is moist so its really good to eat.
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