At the beginning of the day, we had a pretty good idea of what we still wanted to do while in town and it became pretty clear that we may have booked one too many days in our hotel. We had an abundance of time, so we felt no need to speed through future activities.
Our first stop of the day was the American Museum on Natural History. Give credit to the movie magic of "A Night at the Museum" for making this place look like an exciting place to visit, because it was not. Perhaps stuffed animals are less enthralling when you've seen nearly all of them alive. Either way, the only thing that Jillian and I found interesting were the dinosaur fossils on the fourth floor.
Better than the museum was the surrounding neighborhood that we strolled through afterward while looking for a good spot for lunch. We grabbed some sandwiches at a sports bar and then explored a flea market going on within the gates of a neighborhood park & basketball courts. We didn't buy anything but found a really cool, old-school Auburn University pennant.
Our entertainment for the night was a Broadway show. It took us a while, before our trip, to decide on one but we decided on "Wicked"; a play about the wizard of oz. I know nothing about any of the other plays available, but I'm positive that we picked correctly. 'Wicked' was perfect. Dinner was the opposite so I'll skip talking about it. I will note, however, that we did a little exploring after the flea market and found the fur-baby's ornaments along a street market. I also got a free Stella glass from the street bar seen below:
Day 5:
Our last full day in New York was more of a half day. We grabbed some breakfast in Times Square before walking to the M&M's store to grab some treats. We dropped off our chocolate goods and then made our way to the Empire State Building. Unfortunately, it was a foggy day so there was no view of the city. It may have been a small blessing in disguise, b/c no view meant no line... and there was PLENTY of space for lines in that building. Two floors of lines to get into elevators. Our trip up and out was less than an hour.
We planned to tour Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum afterward and then realized it would cost $80!!! Having walked over 40 miles during the trip, it made more sense to just called it an early night. I got some takeout from a nearby restaurant and we packed before going to bed.
Day 6:
Up at the crack of dawn and off to the airport.
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