New York City, Thursday, March 31st and the weather is modest. The evening before, we decided to visit some of the museums included in the New York Pass. Before that, I went to the Apple Store in SoHo with the hope of finally getting an iPad 2. I arrived there just before the shop opened at 9 a.m. and there were already about 10 people standing in front of it. Unfortunately, there were only models that work with Verizon. So no success! An employee said you should stand in line between 6-7 o'clock to get an iPad with wifi. Although there is not a 100% chance of that. But it's not worth it to me on my vacation and in drizzle with temperatures around 0 degrees.
Bodies
We started our museum day with the exhibition “Bodies”. Here, near Pier 17, people were explained using original models, similar to Body Worlds. The detailed look at the skeleton, muscles or individual organs was really interesting. The exhibits were also shocking, such as a lung that was riddled with tumors or cancer. In any case, I can recommend this exhibition. Except for the section with the embryos, there is nothing disgusting about it in any way. You should plan about an hour for a visit.
American National History Museum
After burritos and tacos for lunch, we took the subway to the Upper Westside to the American National History Museum. This massive natural history museum is spread over five floors and is located right next to the Rose Center for Earth and Space. It took us about three hours to see the entire museum. Exhibited include animals from all continents and oceans, a wide variety of world cultures and dinosaur skeletons. Among other things, the largest dinosaur found, the “Sauropods Astound”, is an exhibit here.
Madame Tussauds
In the late afternoon we drove back to Times Square to visit the Madame Tussauds wax museum. To be honest, I was very disappointed with this. Some of the characters were really poorly portrayed and we had a hard time even recognizing what they were. In addition, the cabinet is very small. I think we were done again in 30 minutes. Luckily the entrance fee was included in the New York Pass, otherwise it would have been a real waste of money.
