Easter Sunday morning I wandered through Central Park watching everyone walk their dogs on the way to Fifth Avenue where I had read there was going to be a Parade. The parade turned out to be just having the street blocked off and people wandered freely, parading their new Easter clothes.
Sunday afternoon I caught the Staten Island Ferry for a free up close view of Statue of Liberty. I was standing on the outside deck until I got splashed by some freezing cold Hudson River water.
Monday morning I spent another couple of hours exploring Central Park before walking downtown to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
In the afternoon I attended the taping of the David Letterman show on Broadway. He gives away free tickets but you are not informed who his guests will be till you get inside. I was very impressed to see his guest was Russell Crowe. Rusty was on the show promoting his new movie State of Play and spoke for a while about his friend Steve Irwin.
After the show I went to the Comedy Lounge on the Upper East side. I had forgetten I still had my I love NY shirt on and they placed me in the front row. Meaning I copped it all night from the comedians.
Tuesday morning I again explored New York on foot and had a look some more around downtown before seeing Youth Group perform at a bar in New York. I unknowningly started talking to the bass player before the gig and I interviewed the lead singer after the show which I have written about on the previous post.
Wednesday and my last full day in New York I spent with my mate Brian who I lived with the year before last on Deakin residences. He is a New Yorker who studied in Australia on exchange. Together we had lunch at an underground Chinese restaurant in Chinatown before drinking beers in Greenwhich village.
Thats all for now....London is calling.
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