Finding Nature in New York City

A couple days in during our big Spring Break Trip, and we were moving about freely on the subway in New York City without any incidents. We again took the train but headed north to Museum of Natural History.

After much researching how to afford activities, I decided that the NYC GoCity pass was the best deal for our trip. I purchased the activity card before the trip during one of their sales & got us 6 attractions for $149 per person. Many of these places were going to cost us over $40 each to get into if we paid individually so this was a pretty good deal. With this pass we planned to visit MoMA, Spyscape, the Museum of Natural History, 9/11 Memorial & Museum, One World Observatory & the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island. We only visited 5 attractions because of weather & we ran out of time. Our 6th attraction is still good until Jan 14, 2024. So the question is, will we make it back by then? 🤔

New York Museum of Natural History

The Museum of Natural History is HUGE. It can seriously take you a good chunk of a day to actually SEE it ALL. I am very disappointed they removed the statue of Teddy Roosevelt from the entrance of the museum. I am in no way a supporter of erasing history & pretending none of it happened (good or bad). This is a neat museum, regardless. The cafeteria food is what you’d expect cafeteria food to be though 😫. So, consider yourself warned. It was definitely nothing special. It worked in a pinch because we were starving but if you’re able to eat elsewhere, DO IT.

This would be a big walking day because after the miles we put in at the museum, we headed across the street to Central Park & went in search of Bethesda Terrace/Fountain. It’s too early in the season for the fountain to be running but that didn’t stop all the people from visiting. A local Asian man played what I thought sounded like a cello but what looked like a stick and a string tied to a tin can…it wasn’t of course, I am sure this instrument has a name. I just don’t know what it is. He played beautifully and it was cool to hear it echo out from beneath the terrace. Another local sat in front of the fountain with a traditional typewriter offering up instant poetry for strangers (for $).

I hope to return one day in the late Spring or Summer. I would LOVE to see Central park in full bloom. I bet it’s really something to see.