Our 2013 American Trip: Cental Park, NYC

Remember Robin who visited us here in the Netherlands last year?  She was our first blogger visitor (from our Vision & Verb collaborative) and was also the one I went to see in Dublin back in September of this year.

Lucky for Astrid and me, we had the chance to spend 5 days with her this past October in New York City  upon our entrance into America from Amsterdam. 

In no particular order, these NYC posts will give you a taste of what we saw and did, starting with this post on Central Park.

First of all, here's a map of Central Park to give you a clue where we were.

We entered at 72nd St. at Srawberry Fields (top-left corner) and spent our time in that area.

I had no clue this place even existed, in honor of John Lennon from the Beatles.

Or that Yoko Ono's penthouse in the Dakota is right across the street from this park entrance!

As we passed the gate (bottom-right) at the end of the day, someone passing by said,

"That's where he was shot."

(sigh)

Thankfully, we had other sights to see.

It's the people, of course, who make up a city...THE city.

And on a Sunday in October, they were out-n-about.

But it was the Bubble Man who Robin knew we wanted to see!

We first watched him from the upper part of Bethesda Terrace.

Then we walked down to see him up close and personal.

Part of the fun was watching him "teach" others how to do it.

Make that Bubble MEN because there was another man nearby

waving a grid for multiple bubbles at the same time.

We became "kids of all ages" in that moment.

As luck would have it, it wasn't just the Bubble Men outside Bethesda Terrace!
Inside the Arcade passageway was all kinds of bling-bling going on.
And we got to see it all!

Up close and personal.

And they all seemed to know each other.
It was a grand choreography, blending in with the Bubble Man.

Out beyond the Bethesda Fountain, the sun was setting quickly on the Central Park Lake.

As we left at the same entrance where we arrived, we looked out to the city.
And down the street past Yoko Ono's penthouse, a resident was asking for Peace (bottom-right).

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Speaking of Peace, it's my turn at Vision & Verb today.
It's titled "Forever Blowing Bubbles" but it's about the Age of Aquarius.
See if you can figure out how all that ties in with...Peace!?!