“Everything urges ‖ one eager to travel, / Sends the seeker ‖ of seas afar / To try his fortune”

[larryhammer]

So after a weekend in Schenectady for a bar mitzvah, I still can't correctly spell the place on the first try. (Ditto Rensselaer, but it's not like I did more than pass through its train station.) Ah, well.

Before that, though, there were a few days in New York City, where there were at least a half-dozen ramen shops within three blocks of our Midtown East hotel. Noodles were had, many kinds. We hit all of the Eaglet's bucket list: dinosaur fossils at the Natural History Museum (with bonus blue whale sorry I mean HUMONGOROUS LIFE SIZE BLUE WHALE HANGING OVERHEAD, along with other ocean life previously seen on Octonauts and other media), the Liberty Statue, Chinatown, and subways. All were liked, except the subways. (They were too loud. And took too long. And meant walking a lot.)

And for once, I returned to work Not Exhausted.

So, yeah, that was a success.

---L.

Subject quote from The Seafarer, unknown, tr. Cossett Faust.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Wow you were right near my growing-up spot :-)

[larryhammer]

Several others, too.

[shewhomust]

That is my favourite kind of blue whale.

[larryhammer]

It was impressively presented.

[sovay]

at the Natural History Museum (with bonus blue whale sorry I mean HUMONGOROUS LIFE SIZE BLUE WHALE HANGING OVERHEAD, along with other ocean life previously seen on Octonauts and other media)

I still love that blue whale.

I'm glad it was a good trip!

[larryhammer]

There used to be one in the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, laid flat directly overhead -- I remember pacing out its length during a kindergarten field trip. It was removed around 40 years ago to make room for the dinos and other ancient fossils that's currently in that space.

This one is more dramatic, and the curators made EXCELLENT use of a very large space.

(Noodles!)

[oracne]

Hooray! Love that Eaglet's old enough to travel and enjoy it.

[larryhammer]

They are getting to be a pro at this — they took responsibility for wheeling their suitcase (though not wearing their backpack) through all our travels except the escalators and boarding trains with gaps/stairs.

I didn’t mention in the post that they also play-tested a couple different playgrounds in Central Park. (Never made it to the Zoo, though.)

[oracne]

I have still never made it to the Central Park Zoo, though I have ridden the carousel.

[larryhammer]

Didn’t make it to that, either, but did a carousel in Battery Park.