Day 208 - The Met and Dinner with Alex

Today was the Metropolitan Museum of Art day.  We took off early and got to Central Park before 9AM.  From there we strolled through the park watching all of the morning activities:  Runners, Children, School Groups, Seniors.  Walkers.  It was quite a show.

Crossing the park we reached the museum and a huge line to purchase tickets.  Being a Sunday, it seemed that the whole city was there...along with the tourists...like us.  We later learned that the museum is free if you ask.  The prices are only "suggestions."  That would account for the large crowds.

The museum was immense...if such a word is large enough to describe this collection.  We had planned on about six hours.  We used all of that and a bit more and still did not see better than 1/4 of the entire museum.  Absolutely outstanding...even if you are not into art!  The American Wing was spectacular.

Later than evening we met up with the son of our friend Suzanne Doty.  Alex is a playwright and lives in NYC.  We met him at a traditional NY pizza joint, John's on Beecher.  There we had a great meal followed by a visit to the local cannoli shop.  It was great seeing Alex again and we made plans to get together once more on Saturday in Brooklyn.