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Started today with a bit of a surprise… Good “real” coffee in the building! Everyone warned me that the coffee here was rubbish so I ordered expecting it to bad. It turned out to be quite good – no sugar required – better than some that I’ve had back home (I’m looking at you Lazenby’s). Unfortunately I’m only staying here until tomorrow but at least I know where to find it.

I wasn’t sure how tired I would feel today so I kept the schedule fairly light:

Circle Line Sightseeing Cruise – Best of NY

2.5 hour guided cruise around the island of Manhattan.  Sit back and listen – good relaxing start to the holiday. I’ll put up some photos.

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

A decommissioned aircraft carrier (USS Intrepid) saved from the scrapyard, moored on the Hudson River and restored as a naval museum.  I like the idea and it looks well-executed but…the content was wasted on me. Other people seemed excited so I assume if you’re interested in military history or engineering then it’s perfect for you. When they have planes that can travel at Mach 3 and my favourite display was the 1:40 scale replica made of Lego then I think it’s safe to say I missed the point. It’s located next door to the Circle Line cruise terminal and the entry fee is included in the New York Pass (which I’d already purchased) so no harm done.

Discovery Times Square

This is located near my hotel (I can actually see if from my window) and is an interactive exhibition space. There are two exhibitions currently running and I chose to see Body Worlds: Pulse. The guy behind the exhibition is Gunther von Hagen whose documentary was on SBS a little while ago – basically people donate their bodies to him after they die and he dissects them to show how the body works. Fascinating topic but I found the documentary too confronting to watch – I was fine with everything but watching him cut into people made me feel ill. Bonus with the exhibition was all the cutting had already been done!

P.S The 2nd exhibition is Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk etc) it’s a little sad how much of me wanted to see this. So frivolous!!