Our first day in New York City was cold and rainy, but it didn't stop us!  We had originally planned to go to Liberty Island our first day but opted to change our itinerary to an indoor venues: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The City of New York Museum!  We spent hours wandering these beautiful museums and still only saw a handful of the available exhibitions.  We saw Assyrian reliefs, Greek and Roman art, Asian art, New York Activism, Photography and the Musical Instrument Collections.  I could see how one could spend days wandering!

Metropolitan Museum of Art Early Greek Kuros at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Buddhist Tapestry at the Met

Next we headed to Central Park for sunset views at Jackie Onassis Reservoir and to visit Strawberry Fields where there is a mosaic in tribute to John Lennon:

Twilight at Jackie Onassis Reservoir in Central Park

Imagine Mosaic in Central Park

We ended the night visiting Times Square and having dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe:

Times Square

Hard Rock Cafe

You can click on any image to see the full New York City Album! Check back soon for day two of our adventure!