Laundry and biking central park make a good combination!
Yes, today was another scheduled laundry day. We'll have one more scheduled laundry day before the end of our trip.
While we waited for the clothes to be washed, we went to the McDonald's next door.
Blessing #12: It's awesome how things work out. We have the laundromat, the subway and McDonald's all right next to us.
While we waited for our food, there was a man that came in. He had some sort of stand and a case about 2.5 feet wide and about 4 feet long. The case may have been for some type of tool or instrument. The man smelled horribly. He was hunched over and he paced around his table while he was muttering something. He reached into his pocket, took out a few dollars and change, muttered something and looked at his money. He started to paced again while he looked at his change. He stopped, muttered some more and began pacing again. I was waiting for my food as I watched the man. He left and our food was ready. I went outside with my sandwich looking for him but he was out of sight. I went back in and prayed for our food and that man. I felt so bad for him, I just prayed he was able to find some food since it looked like he was hungry.
When we finished we returned to our clothes, dried them and were off to our next adventure, Central Park.
We picked up our bikes and rode to the park. We were only able to ride on the designated paths which went around the park. It was a lot of fun riding through the park. There were many people, kids, dogs, carriages, joggers, bikers and pedicabs. I can't imagine how much more packed it would be when it's summer.
We had the bikes all day so we decided go out of the park and for lunch. We came across The Bread Factory & Cafe. We bought lunch and something sweet and rested there for several hours before moving on.
We went back to the park to see the "Friends" fountain that is featured in the beginning credits of the citcom. It was just a bummer to know it really wasn't the fountain but a replica which I think is slightly different than the one shown in the credits. The real one is in London. Well, I guess you know where we'll go next!
After the fountain, we went to the central park carousel which is featured in SVU!! Now that was pretty cool. The bridge underpass that was next to the carousel was also featured in SVU. That's where Stabler and Benson would find their bodies.
After the park we went to the World One Observatory. It was near closing time when we arrived so there wasn't much waiting around for us. The introductory films shown to us were well done. In the elevator, the walls displayed what New York looked like in the 1600s all the way through today. The display showed NY was once grasslands with rivers, then people settling, ending with homes and buildings built. When we we got to the 102 floor, they showed us another intro. This intro featured all the bustlings of NY. At the end of the film, the panels retracted and you were able to see all of NY! WOW! We then walked down to floor 101 where they talked to us some more. We finally made our way to floor 100 where we had 360 degree views of NY and NJ. Of course it was amazing and beautiful to see.
After we had our fill, we made our way home. On the subway ride home, Larry started talking to Rachel, a lady who was trying to get to Atlanta. Larry told asked her, "Yo, how you do'n? I'm a New Yoooker!" Rachel laughed and said, "No you're not." That started a conversation between us as we rode home. Another girl came on board and he tried the same lines on her. She just thanked him for letting her know he was from New York.
Soon enough, it was our turn to get exit.
NOTE: We found the Soup Nazi Restaurant (Soup Man) which was made famous by being featured in Seinfeld. We also spotted some of New York's silly cop cars!
Estimated miles walked ~6miles.
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